AFMC Command News

  • Research lab team earns modeling and simulation honor

    Efforts to advance experimentation war gaming within the Air Force and the Defense Department resulted in a team from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate receiving the Air Force Modeling and Simulation Experimentation Award for 2006. The team, which consists of team

  • Global Logistics Support Center (Provisional) stands up

    Air Force Materiel Command's newest unit designed to consolidate logistics aid officially stood up during a May 7 ceremony here. The Global Logistics Support Center (Provisional) is tasked with standing up the GLSC, which will become the Air Force supply chain management process owner, providing

  • International flight surgeons train at Brooks

    International flight surgeons from the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine partnered with the Critical Care Air Transport Team course in May to gain experience not available elsewhere.The flight surgeons are a part of the Advanced Aerospace Medicine for International Medical Officers, or

  • EOD technicians garner medals

    Three explosive ordnance technicians from the 96th Civil Engineer Squadron received Bronze Stars here May 14 for their heroics while deployed.Working in Iraq and Afghanistan, two of the most heavily mined nations in the world, is a daily threat for explosive disposal technicians. The work is

  • New facility paints bright future for Air Force aircraft

    A new facility designed around the need to house a C-5 Galaxy for paint application and removal officially opened here May 9.According to Maj. Gen. Tom Owen, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center commander, the aircraft corrosion control hangar optimizes the paint removal and application process for

  • Robins unit helps Egyptian Air Force repair C-130s

    A 12-person team from the 653rd Combat Logistics Support Squadron here has returned after spending more than six months in Egypt to help the Egyptian Air Force's C-130s take to the skies again. The team, consisting of various aircraft experts from the unit, traveled to Helwan, Egypt, an area 20

  • NASA, Edwards practice for future shuttle landings

    A joint space shuttle exercise here May 5 demonstrated that NASA and Edwards are geared up and prepared for future shuttle landings.More than 150 Edwards personnel and another 150 people from NASA, Fort Irwin, Calif., Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Kennedy Space Center, Fla. and the Human Space

  • Arnold brings home DoD award

    The Secretary of Defense announced in May that the 704th Civil Engineer Squadron's environmental flight here earned the 2006 Secretary of Defense Natural Resources Management Award in the large installation category. The award recognizes excellence in managing natural resources to support the

  • Hanscom dependent speaks to congressmen about severe food allergies

    According to the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, one in every 25 Americans has a food allergy, equating to approximately 12 million people in the United States -- of that number, 150 to 200 people die annually as a result. This staggering statistic, along with the increasing rise in food

  • AFMC unit helps work force manage change

    Successful organizational change can be quite difficult to accomplish -- it can be like trying to change a person's habits. Most of Air Force Materiel Command's work force has been involved with initiatives that generate change. An ongoing example is continuous process improvement - an effort to

  • President selects General Sullivan for promotion, assignment

    Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced May 8 that the President has nominated Maj. Gen. Kevin J. Sullivan, commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Center here, for promotion to the rank of lieutenant general with an assignment to become the Deputy Chief of Staff, Installations, Logistics, and

  • ESC awards $800 million in support services contracts

    The Electronic Systems Center here has awarded eight contracts, worth a total ceiling value of $800 million, for Advisory and Assistance Services to eight companies: Abacus Technology Corporation, Business Technologies & Solutions, Inc., Gemini Industries, Inc., Oasis Systems, Odyssey Systems,

  • 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