AFMC Command News

  • AFMC will no longer offer CAP services

    As the Air Force continues funding two of its priorities -- waging and winning the Global War on Terror as well as recapitalizing and modernizing its aging air and space force -- budget constraints affect decisions made by senior officials. In a move that will save Air Force Materiel Command

  • F-35 control room ready for flight tests

    The newest range mission control room built to test the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was officially commissioned here April 11.Combined with equipment installation and recent room certification, the range control room now provides the F-35 test team with the resources necessary to monitor the real-time

  • General Carlson visits Hill

    Gen. Bruce Carlson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, visited Hill AFB April 2 as part of an effort to interact with the command's work force and tour base facilities. During his visit, General Carlson had breakfast with enlisted members, and toured the Lean Antenna Shop and F-22 repair

  • Georgia, Robins join forces to bring prosperity to base, state

    The opportunity to provide the Air Force easier access to the innovative technologies being developed by research universities and companies in Georgia was made possible through the first joint venture between an air logistics center and its state government.Robins has joined with the state of

  • They're ready for Team Lean Challenge -- Are you?

    Air Force Materiel Command's top two leaders sign up for Team Lean Challenge, a command-wide competition to promote wellness and weight loss through camaraderie and enjoyable activity. Gen. Bruce Carlson, center, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, and Lt. Gen. Terry Gabreski, left, AFMC vice

  • Robins engineer earns DoD award

    A civilian from the 402nd Electronics Maintenance Group here has won the 2006 Department of Defense Value Engineering Achievement award. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Ken Krieg announced that Robins engineer Marty Sheppard was selected for the honor. Mr.

  • Simulator lets Robins air traffic controllers take virtual spin in the tower

    As recently as a few years ago air traffic controllers learned to direct the skies above an airfield with two simple tools - paper and toy planes. Today air traffic controllers new to Robins train on a simulator programmed to give the controllers the same bird's eye view they would experience in the

  • Air Force plans to develop revolutionary engine

    Air Force Research Laboratory engineers have outlined a five-year timeline for a new, adaptive engine that will enable pilots to switch from high speed combat maneuvers to long-range persistence mode as effortlessly as a bird in flight. AFRL's Propulsion Directorate recently issued a Broad Agency

  • Hill provides training resources to RAF unit

    A Royal Air Force detachment began using the Utah Test and Training Range March 11 as part of its live weapons training here. The RAF detachment consists of nine Tornado GR-4 aircraft, and more than 100 crew members, maintainers and support staff needed to keep the detachment running. "The

  • Air Force funded scientist receives technical achievement award

    The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Signal Processing Society has chosen an Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded scientist for the 2006 Technical Achievement award. Dr. Arye Nehorai, chairman and professor of the department of electrical and systems engineering at

  • Upgrades by Hill maintainers enhance A-10

    The Air Force will benefit from an A-10 milestone achieved here in March. Personnel from the 571st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron completed a Precision Engagement modification on an A-10 14 days ahead of schedule. The modification gives the A-10 precision weapons capability through significant

  • Acquisition agency helps deliver MQ-9 Reaper ahead of schedule

    The first MQ-9 Reaper touched down at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., March 13. Its arrival, which occurred nearly one year earlier than projected, signals another effort by Aeronautical Systems Center to meet the warfighter's needs. ASC is the primary acquisition agent responsible for developing,

  • Hill welcomes deployed Airman at Warrior Welcome

    Members of the 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron, friends and family rallied around more than 50 Airmen who recently redeployed from various locations during a Warrior Welcome gathering here March 15. Those at the Warrior Welcome party acknowledged recently returned members from deployment, those

  • Deadly aim: Airborne Laser fires tracking laser, hits target

    The YAL-1A, a modified Boeing 747-400F known as the Airborne Laser, successfully test fired its Target Illuminator Laser in-flight on March 15 during a five-hour test mission. The mission and test firing represented the Airborne Laser's first in-flight external laser firing, and used the NC-135E