AFMC Command News

  • New additions on tap for AFMC Wellness and Safety Campaign

    For Air Force Materiel Command’s Wellness and Safety Campaign, June 1 proved the old adage that things come in threes – confirming the campaign’s slogan, “Wellness is an Attitude,” is well on its way to incorporating itself into the command’s vernacular. First, the online AFMC Wellness Support

  • Edwards, Air National Guard combine efforts to upgrade F-16

    While many Airmen were dem­onstrating their ability to survive and operate in a hostile environ­ment at Camp Corum during the recent Operational Readiness Exercise, a group of testers here were busy demonstrating another facet of the Air Force Flight Test Center’s wartime mission. Members of the

  • New cruise missile successful in first flight test

    The Air Force’s newest cruise missile was successfully launched for the first time May 18. The Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile — Extended Range was released from a B-1B Lancer and cruised more than 400 nautical miles to its target at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. “This was the culmination of

  • Weather squadron volunteers continue Hurricane Katrina cleanup

    After visiting the Bay St. Louis, Miss., area, the commander of the 46th Weather Squadron helped organize a team of volunteers to assist with the on-going Hurricane Katrina cleanup effort. Lt. Col. Julie Noto and Senior Master Sgt. Peter Buzynski of the 46th WS organized eight volunteers, rented a

  • National Museum of the U.S. Air Force adds missile to gallery

    One of the most successful U.S. satellite launch vehicles of the Cold War era, the Thor Agena A, recently was added in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s Missile and Space Gallery. It is the fifth of 10 vehicles to be added to the gallery. The U.S. Air Force launched the world’s first space

  • ASC supports Pride of the Nation event

    Aeronautical Systems Center always tries to be a good neighbor, whether that’s in the Miami Valley or in locations like Palmdale, Calif. Such was the case recently as ASC, located here, strengthened its ties with the Antelope Valley community. ASC’s Detachment 1 at Air Force Plant 42, just outside

  • AFOSR awards $8.6 million for DoD research at ASU

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded two Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Program grants to Arizona State University (ASU), totaling about $9 million, potentially over the next 5 years. ASU is one of eight universities to receive more

  • AFOSR provides presence at world’s largest model rocket contest

    ARLINGTON, Va. — The Air Force Office of Scientific Research here provided an exhibit for hundreds of participants and visitors at the 4th Annual Team America Rocketry Challenge national finals May 20 at The Plains, Va. Team America, held at the 250-acre Great Meadow Outdoor Center, is a model

  • Medics use Smart Ops 21 to decrease patient notification time by half

    For the past year, the 436th Medical Group here has applied a continual improvement process many people often associate with maintenance personnel and programs. LEAN, Six Sigma and Continual Process Improvement are all programs the Air Force has introduced into the maintenance career fields over the

  • Airmen work smarter, not harder with Smart Ops 21

    For some Airmen, Air Force Smart Ops 21 is a term just being introduced into the field, but for the 52nd Maintenance Group, it is quickly becoming the standard way of doing business. Smart Ops 21 focuses on grouping things together, like tools and engine parts, to eliminate wasted motion and effort,

  • Smart Operations 21 office formed at Pentagon

    In February, Air Force leaders created a new program office at the Pentagon that will take the lead in optimizing the way the Air Force conducts its mission. The Air Force Smart Operations 21 office, created in response to an initiative by Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne, will look at

  • Special delivery: Eglin sergeant delivers his own baby

    Scenario: pregnant wife, deployed spouse. Outcome: Daddy makes it home from Iraq in time to deliver his own baby while en route to the hospital. Rounding week 38 of her pregnancy, Jessica Meinert had little expectation of her husband making it home in time for the baby’s birth, which was supposed to

  • Emergency Medical Services personnel befriend Hanscom child

    This week has marked Emergency Medical Services Week — a time to “honor the dedication of those who provide the day-to-day lifesaving services of medicine’s front line,” according to The American College of Emergency Physicians Web site, www.acep.org/emsweek. For one Hanscom child, a single week set

  • Orientation course teaches Air Force mission to civilians

    Civilian employees at Eglin now have the chance to learn what their military counterparts learn in basic training: Air Force mission, goals and values. A dozen civilian Eglin employees received completion certificates and pins after completing a newly offered orientation course May 15. Training is

  • Airmen take care of Airmen during safety campaign

    Summer is the time of year when children get out of school and families hit the road for that long-awaited vacation, or just get together for a day at the beach. It’s also the time of year when more accidents typically happen. The 101 Critical Days of Summer officially runs from May 26 through Sept.