AFMC Command News

  • NCO rescues his military working dog from burning building

    It was a clear, cool night at Forward Operating Base Wilson near the city of Tikrit in central Iraq. Staff Sgt. Christopher F. McCleskey gave his canine partner, Katja, food and water and left her in their quarters after a mission. He ducked into a dining hall shortly before 9 p.m. Jan. 28 for a

  • Eglin medics help thousands in Honduras

    A team of 23 medics from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is leading the way on a two-week, four-site Medical Readiness Training Exercise, or MEDRETE, in Honduras. The MEDRETE is part of New Horizons 2006-Honduras, a joint training exercise between the U.S. military and Honduran government that

  • AWARD: Acquisition officer earns Air Force honor

    Very rarely does someone get the chance to build a brand new arsenal from scratch, but in 2005 the commander of the Special Projects Squadron had that opportunity and was recently rewarded for his efforts. In February Lt. Col. Scott Owens was named the 2005 Air Force Outstanding Military Acquisition

  • Command tasking process gets "quick win"

    The way Air Force Materiel Command delegates and tracks suspenses just received an upgrade thanks to people from across the command who met here during a Lean event March 6 -10 to improve the tasking process. When Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century kicked off in AFMC, the tasking

  • Largest ever modernization program enhances F-16s

    The largest ever F-16 modernization program continues to advance, making the aircraft a more lethal, survivable and network-centric weapon system in the Global War on Terrorism. The F-16 Systems Group of Aeronautical Systems Center's Fighter-Attack Systems Wing here recently awarded an $84 million

  • Airman aided by wingmen, AFAS

    In July 2005, Senior Airman Jessica Boprey, a laboratory technician in the 88th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, received help from the Air Force Assistance Fund’s Air Force Aid Society. She had to take emergency leave because both her mother and grandfather were hospitalized at the same time

  • Edwards to Mission Control

    NASA Dryden Flight Research Center teamed with Edwards, March 2, to provide local students the opportunity to experience an ‘out-of-this-world’ interaction with two astronauts. Students from Edwards Middle and Branch Elementary schools here and Gifford C. Middle School, in Lancaster, Calif.,

  • EOD, FBI ‘blast’ into Edwards’ classroom

    While battling sand storms and winds in excess of 25 mph, 55 people and one four-legged “investigator” combed a 50-foot desert area on Edwards searching for evidence that could lead them to the cause of a large vehicle explosion at the Precision Impact Range Area. Working along side the FBI, Edwards

  • Edwards flight testers exercise for war

    Edwards deploys hundreds of Airmen in support of the Global War on Terror each year. But the base’s unique mission of flight test “launches” support for GWOT each day from the Edwards flight line; support that was put to the test, Feb. 27 through March 3, as part of an Operational Readiness Exercise

  • AWARD: Center wins award for business innovation

    For the second straight year, the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center has been recognized as an industry leader by winning the Charles B. Ryan Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Award for Business Innovation from Aviation Week and Overhaul & Maintenance magazine. Tinker Air Force Base officials

  • Balancing Act: Hanscom sergeant strives for excellence

    "Bloom where you're planted" was the advice given to one Airman upon her arrival here in 2003. Eager to make every day count by finding that delicate balance between an Air Force career, a family and being a volunteer in her community, that advice did not fall on deaf ears. Then Tech. Sgt. Cheryl

  • Center tests components for reliability

    Better known to the locals as Little Mountain, the Survivability and Vulnerability Integration Center's main customer is the 526th ICBM Systems Wing at Hill, primarily providing "hardness" testing - reliability of components in missile systems. The importance is obvious; aircraft, missiles or

  • AFSAC uses process improvement to benefit customers

    Using tools now included in the Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century initiative, the Air Force Security Assistance Center was able to return nearly $100 million to foreign military sales customers. Although AFSAC customers were the primary beneficiaries in terms of cash, those involved in

  • News brief: Don't be fooled by copycat Web sites

    Did you know that there are copycat or look-a-like Web sites developed to make people think they are accessing official sites? That includes the myPay Web site. These sites request personal information that, if provided, could cause a variety of problems for the members.

  • Air Force Outstanding Civilian Program Manager named

    In the acquisition world you need a program manager that is a critical thinker, superb communicator and top problem solver, and the Air-to-Ground Munitions System Wing has the best in the Air Force. Recently Tom Mullins was named the 2005 Air Force Outstanding Civilian Program Manager for his