AFMC Command News

  • Non-intrusive measurement technology is validated

    An Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) technology and analysis branch team recently broke new ground at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) by conducting a series of tests to determine the feasibility of using an optical method to accurately measure and assess the airflow quality in the

  • Air Force appoints scientist to Academy position

    It's uncommon for an Air Force scientist to be immediately promoted to colonel after being selected to head an academic post at the U.S. Air Force Academy. It's even rarer to be selected as the first Air Force medical entomologist to chair the department of biology there. That opportunity recently

  • Awareness is crucial in motorcycle safety

    The thrill of motorcycle riding is one that many Americans will experience during these 101 critical days of summer. With gas prices and temperatures rising, many people feel that now is the perfect time to get on their bikes. But before doing so, motorcyclists should consider a few things before

  • Young Marines take part in disaster exercise

    Approximately 100 Young Marines from across Ohio and as far away as Johnstown, Pa., marched into the exercise area known as the 88th Civil Engineering Squadron Prime BEEF -- Base Emergency Engineer Force --at Wright-Patterson to support and take part in a disaster exercise. The encampment began the

  • Edwards hosts 2006 National CAP Cadet Week

    Edwards hosted the third annual National Civil Air Patrol Cadet Week July 26 to 29 with nearly two dozen CAP cadets and adult members participating in the event. The event highlighted Edwards' mission to the cadets and was brought to life for the cadets with visits to NASA Dryden and Air Force

  • C-17 performs final drop in Falcon SLV test phase

    Sometimes, test programs have added benefits on top of the intended goal, as was the case when testers here completed the third and final test in phase 2B of the Falcon Small Launch Vehicle program July 26. The Falcon SLV program is a joint effort between the Air Force, the Defense Advanced Research

  • Hill Airmen put life-saving training to use

    Lt. Col. Chris Luedtke, 75th Mission Support Group deputy commander, was walking to his gate at the Philadelphia International Airport when he heard a commotion nearby. He heard that somebody was in trouble, so he went over to see what was happening. "Nobody seemed to know what to do, so I took

  • Five personnel centers scheduled for realignment

    In an effort to provide and deliver services in the most effective and efficient way for the Air Force, military officials plan to realign about 170 civilian personnel positions to the Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. From the 170 positions, 135 are slated to realign

  • AFMC executive director officiates husband's promotion

    She's the third highest-ranking person and most senior civilian in Air Force Materiel Command. She estimates having officiated more than 100 civilian and military promotion ceremonies, including about two dozen to the rank of colonel. However, none have been quite like the promotion she officiated

  • Global Hawk in demand, passes 10,000 flight hours milestone

    The Global Hawk unmanned aerial system continues to prove its utility and effectiveness in the global war on terror, having flown more than 10,500 flight hours by late July. The Global Hawk achieved 10,000 flight hours in June, with its ratio of combat flying hours to non-combat hours increasing to

  • Thermal barrier coatings research could extend jet engine life

    A team of Princeton University scientists and engineers, funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research here, are paving the way for the development of new and improved thermal barrier coatings (TBC) that could increase the lifetime of jet engines. To make their predictions, the team

  • Nanorice research to focus light on small regions in space

    Using funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research here, a team of engineers, physicists and chemists from Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) have successfully created 'nanorice,' which will be used to focus light on small regions in space. Findings on this nanorice

  • Command/Union Partnership Council assesses initiatives

    Leading his first annual Joint National Labor-Management Meeting, Gen. Bruce Carlson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, made clear in his opening remarks the value he places on the command's relationship with the American Federation of Government Employees Council 214. "This is a command of

  • AFMC executive director, union reps visit General Electric

    When a General Electric employee at Evendale, Ohio, arrives at work, he or she can hop on a golf cart, navigate through a seven-million square foot facility marked with compasses at every intersection, catch up on the latest news from one of more than 60 super-sized flat screen TVs, and arrive at a

  • Team tests EMI treatments on next generation Global Hawk

    Northrop-Grumman engineers, in conjunction with the 452nd Flight Test Squadron, recently teamed up with the 412th Electronics Warfare Group in the Benefield Anechoic Facility to verify the effectiveness of production level electromagnetic interference mitigation treatments installed on the Global