AFMC Command News

  • Leaders at all levels must be aware of AFSO21 efforts

    General officers gathered here Sept. 6 to present their plans for streamlining the processes that govern the Air Force. As part of Air Force Smart Operations 21, or AFSO21, the Air Force Smart Operations Process Council, made up of senior Air Force leaders, guides and integrates the transformation

  • Maintainers improving system through AFSO 21

    If you could reduce the number of steps an Airman in the 92nd Maintenance Squadron's Periodic Inspection Element has to climb every day, you could give him back a lot of time. It would also be an excellent example of Air Force Smart Operations 21 in action. Until recently, working inside the cargo

  • Instruments in Greenland to enhance space weather forecasts

    Two weeks of digging through 3 feet of snow, ice and slush in the tundra of Greenland by four members of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate, with assistance from Danish personnel, will improve the prediction of ionospheric-created disturbances. Ionospheric-created

  • Wellness is where you find it

    Because it's inevitable in life that we will face challenges that threaten to overcome our usual ways of coping with change, crisis, etc., it is vital we have outlets we can turn to for support. For me, when tough times come my way, I lean on my faith, family and friends: My outlets are already in

  • Student-built satellite prepared for mission fast track

    Approximately 18 months after edging out 12 other college teams in the Nanosat-3 competition, The University of Texas at Austin's winning structure arrived at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., in June for integration and testing prior to

  • Firefighters compete in combat challenge

    Five Tinker firefighters joined 160 of their firefighting colleagues from around the globe to compete in a rigorous obstacle course challenge, nicknamed the "Toughest Two Minutes in Sports," over the Labor Day weekend in Tyler, Texas. The Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge is an intense, spirited

  • MIA/POWs: They are not forgotten

    At first glance, 89-year-old retired Tech. Sgt. Peter Loss may not appear to be extremely strong. But as a former prisoner of war, he and others like him have an inner strength that pulled them through days they never thought they'd see end. Sergeant Loss, held by the Japanese as a prisoner of war

  • Daughter of Tinker employee attempts TV dance record

    What does one do after earning a place in the Guinness Book of World Records? For the daughter of one Tinker employee the answer is to try to break that record on national television. Alicia Clifton danced her way into the record book last December by completing 36 consecutive pirouettes, a maneuver

  • ESC awards $589 million contract

    The Electronic Systems Center's 350th Electronic Systems Group recently awarded a $589 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. to serve as the Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System Integrator, aiding the government's management, integration, fielding and sustainment of the AOC weapon

  • AFRL completes flight tests for unmanned aerial systems refueling

    Air Force Research Laboratory Air Vehicles Directorate scientists completed flight tests Aug. 31 on the first autonomous aircraft in the refueling position, which successfully engaged during each of the 15 flights. The Automated Aerial Refueling Station Keeping Flight Test demonstrated the

  • Research Lab selections earn Small Business awards

    Two small businesses nominated by Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate engineers have been selected as winners of the 2006 Tibbetts Award by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The award is named for Ronald Tibbetts who is considered the father of the congressionally directed

  • AFSO21 team learns 'Lean' lessons from Dover Airmen

    An Air Force Smart Operations 21 team from the office of the secretary of the Air Force gained valuable insight into how to "Lean" a work process during a visit to Dover Air Force Base, Del., Aug. 21 to 25. The AFSO21 team from the Pentagon is comprised of 72 master process officers going through a

  • USAFE sets course with AFSO21

    To best meet the challenges of the road ahead, the U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander assembled leaders throughout the command here to initiate USAFE-wide implementation of Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century. "We're going to determine where we're going in the future, and AFSO21 will

  • AFRL awards $9.5 million contract

    The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate has awarded a $9,513,756 contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. of San Diego, Calif., for research to enhance computer network security. The three-year agreement is a follow-on to an award made in April 2003 to Orincon Information Assurance of San

  • Airman celebrates different KC-135 anniversary

     On the eve of Tinker Air Force Base's 50th anniversary celebration for the KC-135 Stratotanker, many are reminiscing about their own experiences with the aircraft. Though, few have a story like Tinker personnel Chief Master Sgt. Steven and Justine Robinson, a civilian employed at the Oklahoma City