AFMC Command News

  • Ogden ALC fixes F-16 with Navy fuselage

    It was a long time in coming, but the completion of an F-16 damaged in an accident here December 2000 will save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. Originally in for depot modifications to extend the service life of the aircraft, the Virginia Air National Guard Fighting Falcon experienced an

  • ESC tests next generation radar, preps for Global Hawk installation

    The 851st Electronic Systems Group is on the cusp of the next major spiral for the Global Hawk variant of its Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program. The group is preparing for a year-long test of the smaller version of the radar aboard the Proteus, a manned twin turbofan high altitude

  • Wright-Patterson Sharks set record at Tampa Bay Marathon

    It was a record setting performance for three Wright-Patterson Air Force Base swimmers at the ninth annual Tampa Bay Marathon Swim. Doug Gale, of Beavercreek, Ohio, Jay Wilkerson, of Air Force Institute of Technology, and Chris Zingarelli, of National Air and Space Intelligence Center, teamed up to

  • Base children honored for their battle, bravery

    Heroes are defined by their brave actions. For the children honored by the Wright-Patt Young Heroes Association, heroic acts are a part of daily life as they battle potentially life-threatening illnesses. The Wright-Patt Young Heroes Association paid tribute to two children of base employees and

  • Scholarships totaling $144,000 awarded at symposium

    Eighteen undergraduate tuition scholarships donated by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the Army Research Office (ARO), and the Office of Naval Research (ONR), totaling $144,000 were awarded to 18 high school student winners of a

  • Tuskegee Airmen offer views of their past

    Members of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, retired Lt. Cols. James Harvey III and Harry Stewart, were here April 26 to lecture on the subject, "Integration of the Air Force: the Early Years," at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. A third, retired Master Sgt. Buford Johnson, a former crew

  • Pharmacy volunteer reflects on 66-year military connection

    In 1916, Woodrow Wilson was the president, Europe was fighting World War I, the U.S. military was pursuing Pancho Villa and the "Saturday Evening Post" published its first cover featuring a Norman Rockwell painting. It was into this world that Ben Sofka was born in Maynard, Mass., on May 10, 1916.

  • Logistics center gains access to technology through partnership

    The Department of Defense, like many of its civilian counterparts, is looking for creative ways to increase productivity by sharing the cost of program development, labor costs and technology. A major step toward that end is the emergence of partnership agreements between local and national

  • 2006 Franz Edelman award goes to WR-ALC

    The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS(R)) announced May 1 that Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) has won the 2006 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research (O.R.) for its entry "Streamlining Aircraft Repair and Overhaul at Warner Robins

  • Hanscom OSI improves information collecting program

    The U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations here, Detachment 102, implemented a system May 1 to streamline the base's travel briefing program, placing the emphasis on information from recently returned travelers. The old system required Hanscom personnel traveling to foreign countries to

  • Civilians included in professional enhancement courses

    In the past, professional enhancement courses at Brooks have been open only to enlisted military personnel. That is about to change. Beginning in June, the senior non-commissioned officer professional enhancement course (SCNOPE) and the NCOPE course will be open to civilians. Chief Master Sgt.

  • Survey to gather information on command's state of wellness

    Do you think you have sufficient time to accomplish physical fitness activities? Do you feel you work in a non-hostile environment? Are you aware of counseling resources available to you on base? When things aren't going so well, do you have the resiliency to bounce back? Air Force Materiel Command

  • AFMC Wellness and Safety Campaign under way

    "Wellness is an Attitude!" If Air Force Materiel Command leadership has its way, those words will become more than just a slogan for the command's new wellness and safety campaign; it will become a way of life. Gen. Bruce Carlson, AFMC commander, identified wellness and safety of the command's

  • Wright-Patterson AFB named 'Tree City USA'

    Wright-Patterson has been named "Tree City USA" by the National Arbor Day Foundation this year for the ninth time. Susan Dilworth, environmental specialist and natural resources technician, submitted the package this year and received the award for the base April 21 at Paul Brown Stadium in

  • Air Force automates training records, management process

    Airmen in logistics career fields will soon have access to an online tool that takes an Airman's training records out of a desk drawer and makes them available through a desktop computer. The automated training records and management application, called "Training Business Area" on the Air Force