AFMC Command News

  • Uniformed Services benefit from flight nurse course

    They represent the changing face of military training, medical professionals such as U.S. Public Health Service officer Charles McGee and Navy Lieutenant Shawn Passons, who have come here as part of a U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine initiative. Together with classmates from the Air Force

  • DoD selects five AFMC bases for health and safety initiative

    The Air Force isn’t waiting for the Memorial Day weekend start of the “101 Critical Days of Summer” to emphasize health and safety to its work force. Nine Air Force bases are scheduled to participate in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program this year. Five

  • General shares vision of Air Force Chaplain Service

    There are 2,200 chaplains and enlisted support people from the active and Air Reserve components serving a unique mission in today's Air Force. Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Charles Baldwin, Air Force Chaplain Service chief, visited Edwards March 16 as part of a nationwide tour of five bases in five days.

  • Information Technology Conference seeks presenters

    The Air Force Information Technology Conference staff recently announced its call for seminar papers, an invitation for government and industry experts to participate as presenters at the upcoming technology event. The AFITC is designed as a forum for the exchange of information between industry and

  • Collaboration improves solar storm forecasting

    A recently established partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Air Force Weather Agency seeks to reduce the impact of space environmental effects on Department of Defense operational assets through enhanced forecasting of violent solar storms. Modern military operations have

  • AEDC adapts propulsion technology for wind tunnel tests

    A recent series of successful F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aerodynamic tests in Arnold Engineering Development Center's 16-foot transonic wind tunnel (16T) demonstrated the center's ability to adapt propulsion test technologies for use in wind tunnel tests. "We developed and implemented

  • F118 engine continues altitude performance testing at AEDC

    Arnold Engineering Development Center is currently testing the F118-100 General Electric engine, power plant for the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, in the center's Engine Test Facility J-1 Test Cell. This particular test is part of GE's Service Life Extension Program (SLEP), which is under the Air

  • Command's leadership to track AFSO21 processes

    Center and wing commanders from across Air Force Materiel Command were put on notice March 21 that their process improvement initiatives, efforts and results will be tracked by senior leaders at Headquarters AFMC. That charge came from Gen. Bruce Carlson, AFMC commander, during a video

  • AFMC changes policy on civilian physical fitness and wellness

    A change to an existing health initiative now enables Air Force full- and part-time civilian employees within Air Force Materiel Command voluntary participation in both physical fitness and wellness programs. AFMC, along with the American Federation of Government Employees Council 214, initially

  • Small diameter bomb timeline remains on schedule

    There’s an old saying that goes, “good things come in small packages.” That saying rings true for the warfighter when looking at the capabilities of the Small Diameter Bomb, the Air Force's newest precision guided munition. At just 5.9 feet long and 285 pounds, SDB's small size increases the number

  • Nuclear Weapons Center set to open at Kirtland AFB

    Kirtland will become the home of Air Force Materiel Command's newest organization, the Nuclear Weapons Center, on March 31. "The base has been at the heart of nuclear activities for over 60 years, so it is no surprise that the NWC would find a home here," said Col. Greg Foraker, director of the

  • Airmen act quickly to help security forces nab suspect

    When a Newton, Ga. man's run from police came to a crash near Robins March 9, he sought refuge on base - but what he found was something altogether different. What 34-year-old Mark Anthony Hudson found were charges of speeding, felonious attempt to elude police officers, reckless driving, and DUI

  • AFMC requires hands-free devices for drivers using cell phones

    Beginning in April, drivers on Air Force Materiel Command bases will be cited by security forces personnel for talking on cell phones without hands-free devices. Repeated violations could result in suspended or revoked driving privileges. Cell phone use while driving is categorized as a moving

  • AFMC base part of Spiral 1.1, initial conversion to civilian personnel system

    On April 30 the Department of Defense will roll out the performance-management, pay, staffing, and work force-shaping provisions of the National Security Personnel System to 11,000 civilian employees across DoD. Air Force Materiel Command will have about 2,500 non-bargaining unit General Schedule