AFMC Command News

  • AFMC handbook a 'smart' addition for program managers

    The Department of Defense is constantly looking for ways to reduce the time it takes to get new weapon systems in the hands of the warfighter. The acquisition community at Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command here is helping the DoD do just that. The Acquisition Logistics division recently rolled

  • 2007 Force Shaping message released

    Air Force officials recently announced new force-shaping initiatives to be used to meet the required 2007 fiscal year end strength numbers. The new initiatives are designed to bring the officer numbers down as the enlisted end-strength numbers are on target for 2007. Officials said more than 8,000

  • New radio enhances F-15 capability in combat and security

    A new radio being installed in Air Force F-15 aircraft is enhancing the fighter's ability to support the global war on terror and homeland defense missions by enabling aircrews to communicate more effectively with ground troops and civilian aircraft. The fleet is receiving Ultra High Frequency/Very

  • Arnold AFB conducts successful testing of Mars entry vehicle

    A team at the U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center’s Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 Facility in Silver Spring, Md., recently successfully completed atmospheric entry testing of the aeroshell configuration for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), tentatively due to be launched in 2009 for

  • Ogden Air Logistics Center earns Shingo Gold

    Ogden Air Logistics Center's 573rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron took a page out of the "Process Improvement Handbook" and earned a Gold Level Shingo Prize for Excellence in the process, July 17.The award, the second highest of four ratings available for excellence in public sector manufacturing,

  • NSPS will allow greater career movement

    The National Security Personnel System classification architecture provides a simplified process for identifying and aligning the work of an organization. It is designed so that classification decisions can be made readily with a clear understanding of the rationale used. Under the NSPS

  • Warner Robins Air Logistics Center nets three Shingo awards

    Maj. Gen. Michael Collings, commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, was notified recently that the three packages the center submitted for consideration for Shingo Public Sector Prizes were all winners. The C-5 Programmed Depot Maintenance package received a gold award. The F-15 PDM and

  • Robins earns DoD Environmental Management System award

    Robins recently took top honors for making environmental management a top priority. The 78th Civil Engineer Group's Environmental Management Division was presented the 2006 White House Closing the Circle Award in the military category at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., recently for its Environmental

  • 100 Air Force cyclists ride across Iowa

    An Air Force official charged with finding alternative fuel sources for the Air Force will demonstrate his commitment to the cause by riding in the Des Moines Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, RAGBRAI®. William “Bill” Anderson, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations,

  • Dirty crew pave their way

    What do you call a grown man who still plays in the dirt? A “Dirt Boy,” of course. “A ‘Dirt Boy’ is anyone who works in the pavement and construction equipment career field. (It’s) a nickname given to us because we are always working in the ‘dirt,’” said Steve Ray, 796th Civil Engineer Squadron

  • Composite technology set to improve tactical shelters

    The 84th Combat Sustainment Group, Tactical Shelter, Radome, and Tower Program Office is responsible for management of Air Force hard wall tactical shelters. Tactical shelters are used to house communications electronic gear for fixed or mobile deployment. The shelters can be configured as command

  • Innovative computer chip offers enhanced data storage capability in space

    A chemical alloy, used in everyday electronic items such as rewritable CDs and DVDs, serves as the source of a new computer chip which researchers hope will demonstrate non-volatile memory, or information storage retention without a power source, in the radiation-hardened space environment. Debuting

  • Preparations under way for KC-135 anniversary

    Tinker AFB will be the site for the KC-135’s 50th Anniversary. Patrons will gather Sept. 8-9 to celebrate the aircraft’s 50 years of service. Scheduled activities include a golf tournament, welcome reception, unit, industry and static aircraft displays, and a flyover. The events conclude with a

  • Hill AFB celebrates completion of 100th Minuteman III stage three case

    Three years after a plant explosion destroyed the original Minuteman III stage three “housing” facility, the ICBM sustainment program here observed a milestone July 13 at the Freeport Center in nearby Clearfield. The landmark occasion highlighted the completion of the 100th Minuteman III stage three

  • The Horn of Africa, the Air Force mission, the captain who vows to return

    Capt. Bob Everdeen, Aeronautical Systems Center public affairs, recently returned from a three and a half month deployment to the Horn of Africa. While there, he performed typical public affairs duties, in an atypical environment, for Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa. Shortly after his