AFMC Command News

  • Combat logistics supporters prepare to close shop

    The 653rd Combat Logistics Support Squadron has traveled around the world putting Air Force birds on the mend for the past 40 years. From Dover, Del., to the Middle East, the unit's nearly 300 men and women have shown their expertise in repairing aircraft of all makes and models, all in the name of

  • Air Force fosters "warrior ethos" in all Airmen

    Whether it's the recent changes to basic military training, continual preparation for deployments, engaging in combat or new and better uniforms, Air Force leaders are instilling a warrior mindset in Airmen. That warrior ethos -- the foundation of what it means to be an Airman -- traces its roots to

  • AFPC, Tinker work to improve civilian personnel services

    The Air Force Personnel Center here, in partnership with the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is embarking on a test that will allow the Air Force to closely study and review consolidated support to a large civilian employee population. For a one-year period, AFPC

  • Robins first air logistics center to implement BRAC 2005 decisions

    The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center here is the first of the Air Force's three air logistics centers and the first of 13 industrial sites across all four military services to implement the Base Realignment and Closure 2005. The BRAC 2005 decision calls for the Department of Defense to reconfigure

  • AFMC announces top Airmen

    Air Force Materiel Command officials announced their top enlisted members April 26 during a ceremony at Eglin AFB, Fla. They were chosen from among 40 nominees recommended by leaders in their chain of command and respective centers as the best Airmen. After reviewing nomination packages and

  • Wright-Patterson AFB to host 11th Air Force Marathon Sept. 15

    If you think you have one good reason for not running the U.S. Air Force Marathon on Sept. 15, here are five excellent reasons why you should. For starters, it's the only marathon in the world where runners receive inspiration and encouragement from the skies above, as active-inventory Air Force

  • Air Force civilians win presidential rank awards

    Seven Air Force Materiel Command civilians were among those presented with 2006 Presidential Rank Awards here in a ceremony held April 20 in the Women's Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery. The President of the United States annually awards distinguished and meritorious ranks to career members

  • AFRL commander visits lab exhibit

    Maj. Gen. Ted F. Bowlds, Air Force Research Laboratory commander (right) operates a computer program that allows him to destroy a ballistic missile with a relay mirror-laser combination. Explaining the program is 1st Lt. Brian Spanbauer. The lieutenant is assigned to AFRL's Directed Energy

  • Arnold officer helps save Air Force millions

    An AEDC squadron commander was among those recognized at the Pentagon in April with the Air Force Productivity Excellence Award for saving the Air Force millions of dollars. Lt. Col. Dale Parsons, from the 717th Test Squadron here, along with Maj. John Dunlap from the 340th Weapons Squadron at

  • Air Force recognizes Arnold-based propulsion engineer

    An engineer from Arnold Engineering Development Center was selected as the Air Force Propulsion Engineer of the Year during an April 13 ceremony here. Ed Tucker, responsible test organization action officer for the 717th Test Squadron, provides technical oversight to program offices on various

  • Military, civilian runners conquer Boston Marathon

    The weather forecasters predicted dire conditions - winds gusting at 30 or more miles per hour and icy, driving rain. Some called it a "monster nor'easter." The 32 determined runners, hailing from various locations and military services, still showed up at Sports and Fitness Center here at 6:30 a.m.

  • Hanscom unit expedites deployment of ISR information tool

    In late April Ramstein Air Base, Germany, will be the last of five core Air Force sites to get the Distributed Common Ground System Integrated Backbone, or DIB, upgrade. The DIB is a joint-service project that uses a Web application similar to an Internet search engine and an open architecture to

  • Officer helps build clean drinking water infrastructure for Iraqis

    The challenge for those assigned water system reconstruction work in Iraq's desert environment is not lack of water. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run through the heart of Iraq. Rather, the challenge is water treatment. For the Air Force Office of Scientific Research's senior reservist, a civil

  • Electronic Systems Center's fusion system aids war on drugs in Afghanistan

    An effort between the 350th Electronic Systems Group here and one of its small-business partners has yielded a big pay-off for U.S. and coalition forces waging the Global War on Terror. The Afghanistan-based fusion center they developed has helped officials seize more than 45 tons of narcotics and