AFMC Command News

  • 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

  • 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