AFMC Command News

  • Stand-alone photo: Light show

    Katie Stephens aligns a projectile with a laser that is part of a non-intrusive imaging system upgrade at the Arnold Engineering Development Center's large Hypervelocity Ballistic Range G facility. The Range G launcher is the largest routinely operated two-stage, light-gas gun system in the United

  • 3,000 Robins employees convert to NSPS

    After months of hearing about the National Security Personnel System, about 3,000 non-bargaining Robins employees returned to work Jan. 22 under the new system. The NSPS system, a new civilian employee compensation and management system, rewards workers based on their individual performance. The

  • Mission Possible: Software maintainers help warfighters achieve mission

    While the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, or Joint STARS, platform is celebrated for its ability to provide theater, ground and air commanders with real-time ground surveillance in support of attack operations, the surveillance giant couldn't complete its mission without the support

  • Airmen can participate in official rifle match

    Air Force active-duty, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard members have a chance to test their marksmanship skills at an upcoming rifle match here. The base will host the rifle match Feb. 26 through March 1 at the firing range complex in Area A. The competition can accommodate as many as 252

  • Air control wing receives Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

    The only Air Force unit operating the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System has been awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. The 116th Air Control Wing distinguished itself through exceptionally meritorious service from Aug. 31, 2004 to May 31, 2006. The unit is receiving the

  • Development program could aid civilians with career goals

    With January signaling the beginning of a new year, resolutions tend to become a topic of discussion. Some of the more common ones include exercising more, eating healthier foods, and planning a better budget. How many civilians in Air Force Materiel Command discuss resolutions regarding their

  • Improvised explosive device kills three Hill Airmen

    Three Airmen from Hill were killed Jan. 7 by a car bomb while performing duties in the Baghdad area. The explosion also injured a fourth Airman not assigned to Hill. The Airmen were assigned to the 775th Civil Engineer Squadron's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight. While in Iraq, the Airmen were

  • NCO serves 25 years with combat logistics support squadron

    Most enlisted Airmen call a base home for a mere four or five years. Master Sgt. John Ferrara isn't like most enlisted Airmen. Sergeant Ferrara, an aircraft structural maintenance craftsman and an F-15 production supervisor in the 653rd Combat Logistics Support Squadron at Robins, has served his

  • AFOSR officials outline basic research funding process

    Providing U.S. warfighters with a technological edge in battle is a huge responsibility and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research here is actively involved in the process. Each year, AFOSR program mangers evaluate thousands of basic research proposals received from scientists and researchers

  • Eglin performs largest 'cook-off' test ever

    No one does cook-offs bigger than the 46th Test Wing. On Dec. 14, the 780th Test Squadron suspended a rocket motor over a 2,622 square foot pan full of approximately 28,000 gallons of jet fuel and lit it on fire for what is called a fast cook-off test. This test on a Ground-based Midcourse Defense

  • Chief McKinley returns ‘home’ to Tinker

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley returned to his old stomping grounds here Dec. 13 and, in the process, took a stroll down memory lane. The chief, a former first sergeant at Tinker from the mid '90s to July 2000, was on leave to visit family members in the area and to attend the

  • Micro satellite launches into space

    The TacSat-2 spacecraft has commenced operations on a planned six to 12-month experimental mission after a successful Dec. 16 launch onboard a Minotaur I rocket from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Wallops Island Flight Facility here. The micro satellite, managed by the Air Force

  • Blacks in Government recognizes Eglin NCO

    The idea that all people should hold themselves to a standard of continuous advancement and improvement is one that many organizations strive to embody -- especially the Air Force. For her work in promoting those values, Master Sgt. Angela Kennedy was awarded the Blacks in Government Meritorious

  • Contract modification adds four aircraft for Air Force, Marine Corps

    The Aeronautical Systems Center's 657th Aeronautical Systems Squadron issued an undefinitized contract action in December that will add four aircraft to be used by the Air Force and Marine Corps. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Marietta, Ga., was awarded the $256 million firm-fixed-price contract

  • Changes to bird strike program reduces Eglin incidents

    While most Air Force bases around the world have a Bird and Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard, or BASH, program, Eglin officials have refocused and enhanced their efforts to more effectively deal with the diverse and rather large wildlife population. Thanks to a new program and suggestions, Eglin has