AFMC Command News

  • Knowledge Management center recognized for outstanding practices

    The Air Force Center of Excellence for Knowledge Management here was recently named one of five best-practice partners for outstanding practices in knowledge management by the American Productivity and Quality Center, a nonprofit organization and leader in benchmarking, knowledge management,

  • Headquarters names annual award winners

    Air Force Materiel Command civilian and military personnel were recognized Feb. 15 at the 2005 Annual Civilian and Military Award Recognition Breakfast presided over by Lt. Gen. Terry Gabreski, AFMC vice commander. Approximately 200 people attended the breakfast, which recognizes the "cream of the

  • Looking for responsive, low-cost space lift

    An office comprised of two personnel seeks to save the Air Force millions of dollars in liftoff costs by demonstrating innovative launch vehicle concepts to perform the critical, initial portion of spaceflight. Located at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space

  • Cooperative relationships key to Small Business Office success

    Ogden Air Logistic Center's Small Business Office broke records last year, helping earn its director a special achievement award along the way. The office, which searches for small businesses to work with, exceeded goals by more than 150 percent - providing training and counseling that heightened

  • Personnel initiative set to make transactions more convenient

    A new initiative, the Personnel Services Delivery Transformation, will soon change the way the Air Force does military personnel business. PSD will use technology to put routine personnel transactions into the hands of Airmen using Web base, fax, phone, Contact Centers and even regular mail. "We

  • Headquarters AFMC restructures A-staff directorates

    Effective Feb. 13, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command realigned its A-staff directorates to more closely resemble the Air Staff’s A-staff structure. Gen. T. Michael Moseley, Air Force Chief of Staff, agreed to AFMC’s proposed A-staff alignment in a Jan. 11 memorandum. Notable changes include: >

  • Speckled Trout: AF bids farewell to unique plane with unique mission

    After flying senior military leaders and undergoing rigorous testing for more than 31 years as a part of Edwards' 412th Flight Test Squadron, the Speckled Trout tail number 61-2669, officially retired Feb. 10 in a ceremony here, led by Gen. Bruce Carlson, Air Force Materiel Command commander.

  • C-5 team pushes planes to warfighters faster

    The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center made Air Force history Feb. 3 when a C-5B Galaxy aircraft left programmed depot maintenance after a record-low 159 days. Aircraft 87040 left for Travis Air Force Base, Calif., breaking the previous maintenance record of 171 days here. Last year, the same

  • In Person: Command Chaplain (Col.) Joseph Kuan

    U.S. Air Force Materiel Command Chaplain (Col.) Joseph Kuan and AFMC Command Chaplain Assistant (Chief Master Sgt.) Mark Hogue visited the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center for the first time in January to promote the importance of spiritual wellness. "As Command Chaplain, it

  • Giving a 'whoopin' to Father Time

    Achieving a goal he set out to accomplish two years ago, Lt. Col. Gary Hopper, 88th Mission Support Group deputy commander, scored a 100 percent on his Air Force fitness test. What made the achievement more impressive was what his scores were for the under-25 age group. Colonel Hopper will turn 51

  • 653rd CLSS lends expertise to help protect Columbian air force mission

    As the Columbian air force continues to use the C-130B and C-130H aircraft to combat drug smuggling, Airmen from the 653rd Combat Logistics Support Squadron here were recently called in to make the mission bullet proof. Tech. Sgt. Darryl Rios-Maldonado, a 653rd aircraft structural maintenance

  • Dining facility operator serves up Golden Plate

    The owner of Vick’s Vittles, the contract company that operates the Thunderbird Inn Dining Facility here, is well known for the operation that has brought home two Hennessy foodservice awards for the best dining facility in the Air Force. In order to win the Hennessy, a dining facility must first

  • JSF team tests in-the-field aircraft decontamination procedures

    The Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force will pull an F-16 out of a special hangar Saturday, marking the culmination of a series of unique tests here. The F-16 was used as a surrogate for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to test Department of Defense chemical and biological decontamination

  • Trauma-trained personnel aided news crew survival

    Air Force trauma training supported at Brooks City-Base, along with aeromedical evacuation equipment developed at Brooks City-Base, contributed to the treatment and survival of an ABC news crew that was severely wounded in Iraq Jan. 29. Bob Woodruff, co-anchor of ABC’s World News Tonight, and Emmy

  • Hanscom officer immersed in language program

    Senior government officials recently emphasized the importance of military servicemembers having a working knowledge of a foreign language. Lt. Col. Bob Pagoni is doing his part to become proficient in a foreign language for the Air Force. He recently spent 31 days living in Buenos Aires, Argentina.