AFMC Command News

  • Mother, daughter feed body and soul at Fisher House

    Paula and Jenna Bullock, a mother and daughter team, volunteer on two Thursday evenings each month to prepare meals and host bingo games for guests at the Wright-Patterson AFB Fisher House. They began doing this in early March. It fit in with their other volunteer work in school, church and

  • Teenager thanks C-STARS trauma team for saving her life

    Like most teenage, high school seniors, Rachael Swango is looking forward to going to the prom, graduating and attending college. However, unlike most teenagers, she will be able to fulfill her dreams because of the skills of the Trauma Team at University Hospital in Cincinnati, home of the Center

  • Air Force scientist and NASA administrator visit Arnold

    The Air Force's Chief Scientist Dr. Mark Lewis and NASA's Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Research Dr. Lisa Porter visited Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in hopes of furthering the cooperation efforts between NASA and AEDC. Dr. Porter made her first visit to AEDC and was amazed

  • Audit agency to work under NSPS

    Nonbargaining unit employees of the Air Force Audit Agency here will become the first base employees to work under the long-awaited National Security Personnel System April 30. While Wright-Patterson in general isn't slated to roll out NSPS until January, NSPS officials said they will watch the

  • Hot stuff: Firefighters test gear for Air Force

    Being a firefighter is arguably one of the most physically demanding jobs in the military. For that reason, the Air Force is finding ways to make the job easier. Sixteen firefighters from Eglin are testing new gear that may increase comfort, mobility and mission effectiveness for more than 3,600

  • Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures system enhancements earn award

    The Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) program was selected as co-winner of the 2005 Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award. The award was presented at the 2005 Defense Manufacturing Conference to the team behind the project, including Team Leader and Project Engineer

  • Doolittle Raiders remember fallen comrades, leader at 64th reunion

    "We knew we were doing something special, but then again, there was a war going on," recalled retired Col. Bill Bower. Along with 78 other Airmen, Colonel Bower followed then Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle off the deck of a naval aircraft carrier in 16 B-25 Mitchell land-based bombers to raid Tokyo

  • ESC awards contract for weather system replacement

    The Electronic System Center's Weather Systems Division recently awarded a contract modification worth more than $9 million to Raytheon for Phase II of the Joint Environment Toolkit contract. JET is the next generation weather system intended to integrate, extend and potentially replace multiple

  • AF Information Tech. Conference opens attendee registration

    Attendee registration is now open for the Air Force Information Technology Conference scheduled for Aug. 13-17 at Auburn University's Montgomery, Ala., campus. The AFITC is designed as a forum for the exchange of information between industry and government concerning the latest in information

  • ESC offers smart approach to air traffic management

    In an approach that revolutionizes and streamlines the acquisition process, the Electronic Systems Center's Global Air Traffic Management Division has made it possible for warfighters to procure new air traffic management components at the click of a button. Under an umbrella contract called

  • F-22 CTF tests AIM-120D noise, vibration

    The F-22 Combined Test Force here achieved another first when a Raptor flew with an AIM-120D missile in its weapons bay to test the effect of noise and vibration on the missile April 14. What was unique about the flight was that the weapon on board, the latest version of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium

  • New wellness-tracking system available online

    First, came a memorandum of agreement authorizing civilians to have duty time for physical fitness, which later was amended to include wellness activities. Next was a tobacco control policy, limiting designated smoking areas on Air Force Materiel Command bases to be no closer than 50 feet to any

  • Web saves civil engineer directorate time and money

    Members of the 88th Air Base Wing Civil Engineer Directorate have developed a way to save money and time by creating a system to submit project design documents for technical and functional review through their Web site. This electronic process allows review agencies to make comments and post them

  • Pods help warfighters improve air combat maneuvers

    Knowledge is power and power is influence: In the case of fighter pilots, it enables them to control - even force their will on - adversaries in the air and on the ground. Here at the Ogden Air Logistics Center, the collection of information leading to superiority in the skies over a battlefield

  • Hill begins modifications on F-22 Raptor

    A new era for members of the 309th Maintenance Group here is under way as they modify an F-22 Raptor for the first time. The aircraft is the first of 12 to 14 scheduled to visit Hill this calendar year for minor modifications. A total of 18 are contracted to undergo work here. "We're excited," said