AFMC Command News

  • Air Force cleans up 30-year-old crash

    An Air Force recovery team scaled a mountain peak just shy of 9,000 feet on the Utah-Nevada border in mid-October to recover pieces of an F-4 Phantom . The aircraft crashed into the Deep Creek Mountains on the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Indian Reservation nearly 30 years ago. The crash

  • Air Force research leads to use of exhaust recirculation system

    Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate determined using exhaust recirculation during spray painting in a corrosion control facility here is safe and compliant with Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations. Materials and

  • C-17 completes first flight on synthetic fuel blend

    The Global Reach Combined Test Force began testing a C-17 Globemaster III using a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel blend here Oct. 18. Flight tests began the following day, marking the first time a C-17 was flown using the F-T fuel blend. Another test flight was conducted Oct. 22 as part of the Air

  • Air Force completes worldwide weather system installation

    The Electronic Systems Center here has wrapped up a five-year, $70 million effort to replace 110 fixed-based weather sensing systems at sites across the globe. The center and the prime contractor, Coastal Environmental Systems of Seattle completed the final installation in Southwest Asia Oct. 5,

  • Web tool lets Airmen build online career path

    An Air Force officer's career goals now get broader exposure and move more efficiently through routing thanks to last month's launch of the Airman Development Plan capability. Officials from the 554th Electronic Systems Group developed ADP, which is now available through the Virtual Personnel

  • Chief McKinley visits Robins, discusses Air Force priorities

    As part of the Air Force Week Georgia celebration, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley traveled to Robins AFB Oct. 11 and spoke with Airmen throughout the base. Chief McKinley met with several groups and squadrons during the visit. His primary message to the enlisted Airmen is the

  • Military working dog dies defending freedom

    When Staff Sgt. Marcus Reaves, a military working dog handler in the 78th Security Forces Squadron's Military Working Dog Section here, deployed with his canine partner, Arras, he never imagined he'd come home without the dog. Arras, a 5-year-old Dutch Sheppard explosives detector and patrol dog

  • DLA-Warner Robins officially activates

    The Defense Logistics Agency gained 240 employees Oct. 15 when DLA-Warner Robins stood up here. The "new" employees will provide supply, storage and distribution support to the maintenance activities for Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. DLA activated the new detachment of its aviation supply and

  • Chain of successes leads to Reaper operations

    The new MQ-9 Reaper has flown daily missions over Afghanistan since late September. The 658th Aeronautical Systems Squadron, in the 303rd Aeronautical Systems Wing, comprises the team of program managers, functional supporters, testers and logisticians who were behind the team effort of getting the

  • Air Force invests $9.5 million in research program

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research announced Oct. 19 it will award $9.5 million in grants to 29 scientists and engineers who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program. The program is open to scientists and engineers at research

  • EOD sergeant receives Bronze Star Medal

    An explosive ordnance division sergeant received a Bronze Star Medal for his performance during his deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Master Sgt. David Larriva, 95th Civil Engineering and Transportation Directorate Explosive Ordnance Division chief, received the medal during an award

  • Global Hawk passes fuel test

    The 452nd Flight Test Squadron pushed the RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 20 to its fuel system limits during a weeklong starvation test here in October. The testing involved tilting the aircraft to a 20-degree angle while running the aircraft out of fuel inside the weight and balance hangar. "The testing is

  • AFMC bases participate in DOD safety initiatives

    When the Secretary of Defense called for a 75 percent reduction in mishaps throughout the DOD in May, two Air Force Materiel Command bases answered the call.Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is serving as lead installation for the Department of Defense Safety and Occupational Health Council, or DSOC,

  • Creation of high-power airborne laser systems could destroy missiles

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research is funding research at the University of Notre Dame to advance the knowledge of near-field aero-optic deviations and their effect on directed energy. Aerodynamic flows around aircraft structures induce density variations in the boundary layer flows and

  • AFMC helps develop hybrid truck technology

    When it comes to heavy-duty, special purpose vehicles, most Americans imagine a gas guzzling engine and tons of unfriendly emissions taking their toll on the environment.But the Air Force's Advanced Power Technology Office, or APTO, here is working to change the stereotype and prove heavy-duty