AFMC Command News

  • ESC awards $627.8 million task order

    The Electronic Systems Center's 554th Electronic Systems Group awarded a $627.8 million task order to Computer Sciences Corporation for systems integration support to configure, deploy and conduct training and change management activities for the Expeditionary Combat Support System. CSC will be

  • World-class runners to compete in Air Force Marathon

    Two running legends will return for the 10th annual U.S. Air Force Marathon. Marathon champions Bill Rodgers and Alberto Salazar will once again have a full itinerary as they arrive the day before the big event. Rodgers will sign autographs and greet marathon participants 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 16.

  • New navigation aid installed at Wright-Patterson

    Technicians from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's civil engineering, operations support and cargo support and Air Force Materiel Command's customer service team from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., teamed up Aug. 28 through Sept. 1 to install a new tactical air navigation system near the base runways.

  • Cyberspace defense class enters high schools

    Security for students returning this week to a dozen New York State high schools and one community college will be centered in cyberspace. Technology teachers from several high schools and Mohawk Valley Community College completed a weeklong course late last month at the Griffiss Institute to

  • Three-time Air Force Cross recipient to speak at museum

    The only three-time recipient of the Air Force Cross, Col. (Ret.) James Kasler will discuss his military career including the six years he spent as a prisoner of war in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. During World War II, Kasler served a

  • Researchers envision aircraft powered by solar, heat energies

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research here recently awarded the University of Washington and three partner universities a grant worth approximately $6 million over 5 years to study the design of air vehicles capable of collecting and storing solar and heat energies. One of the goals of the

  • Eglin receives award for Cape San Blas restoration

    The Cultural Resources Branch here was recently honored by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation for their efforts in the restoration of one of the two Cape San Blas Lighthouse Keepers' Quarters structures located on Eglin property in Gulf County. The 2006 Florida Preservation Award recognizes

  • Eglin unit delivers 200th QF-4 Drone

    One Eglin squadron plays a key role in keeping fighter pilots' air-to-air warfighting skills sharp by providing them real aircraft as flying targets. The 691st Armament Systems Squadron, made up of 52 military, civilian and contract workers, delivered the 200th QF-4 drone this spring to Tyndall AFB,

  • Research Lab announces 2006 fellows

    The Air Force Research Laboratory has named seven new scientists and engineers to be honored as new fellows during the annual fellows awards banquet set for Sept. 19 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Designed to recognize and reward AFRL's most outstanding in-house scientists

  • Research team reveals increased UAV ability

    A Brigham Young University team of scientists and engineers, funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research here, has recently demonstrated increased consensus capabilities among unmanned air vehicles. "This research on cooperative control involves developing methods to enable multiple UAVs

  • Propulsion shops work together, eliminate waste

    In the name of increased combat capability, the 388th and 419th Fighter Wing propulsion shops are now working side by side to take advantage of expertise from active-duty and Reserve technicians, while eliminating redundancy. "The move," according to Tech. Sgt. Valorie Mathes, jet engine

  • Sept. 11 events still fresh in minds of Pentagon survivors

    The events of Sept. 11, 2001 forever changed America and its people and although the nation will never forget the tragedy and all that followed, it is no longer something that is thought of daily for most Americans. Although, for two Team Hill members here, even five years later the events of that

  • Seeking fresh, creative ideas to resolve a recurring problem

    During the Global War on Terrorism, in-theater, ground transportation checkpoints have turned deadly due to uncooperative drivers and/or passengers, but two six-person teams have accepted Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Ted Bowlds' call to resolve this chronic, dangerous problem by

  • ESC member gives gift of life, meets marrow recipient

    Imagine opening your mailbox to find, instead of bills and fliers, a letter from a stranger expressing gratitude for your help in saving her life. For Patricia Martone, 350th Electronic Systems Wing military personnel specialist, this was her reality when two years after donating bone marrow, she

  • Small Diameter Bomb I delivered ahead of schedule

    The culmination of more than five years of extraordinary teamwork was realized Aug. 25 when the GBU-39/B, Small Diameter Bomb was successfully delivered to the warfighter ahead of schedule and under cost. "This achievement represents an unparalleled team victory for the combined Air Armament Center