AFMC Command News

  • Displaced personnel visit Keesler AFB for first time after hurricane

    Twenty Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., personnel displaced here by Hurricane Katrina made a bittersweet day trip back to their homes and belongings Sept. 5, just one week after the storm hit areas of the Gulf Coast.Hurricane evacuees piled into a convoy of eight security-escorted vehicles to make the

  • Eglin town hall meeting details help available to evacuees

    More than 200 evacuees from Hurricane Katrina received information and reassurance during a town hall meeting at the base theater Friday. The meeting covered topics ranging from how to get children enrolled in local schools to temporary lodging, entitlements, legal services and even a safety

  • Air Force Materiel Command provides assistance in Katrina's aftermath

    When disaster struck the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida last week in the form of Hurricane Katrina, Air Force Materiel Command stood up its Crisis Action Team to assist with relief efforts to the region.Since then, support has come from each of the command's bases -

  • Workers behind Shingo Gold

    When the Lean journey began for the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, few put much stock in where it would lead. Nearly four years later it has become a layman's term synonymous with success and, most recently, excellence in manufacturing.Last week Maj. Gen. Mike Collings, center commander,

  • First officially sanctioned Air Force Marathon draws runners, base community

    Eyes are usually trained on the skies at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Saturday saw attention focused on the ground as the ninth annual U. S. Air Force Marathon was run.There were 3,454 runners from all 50 U.S. states and seven countries who finished the race, surrounded by aviation and