AFMC Command News

  • Aeronautical Systems Center Palace Acquire intern continues

    While many people not directly affected by Hurricane Katrina busy themselves with holiday preparations, Robert Stewart, a Palace Acquire intern with Aeronautical Systems Center's C-17 Systems Group, spent his Thanksgiving holiday removing debris from yards in Pass Christian, Miss. The trip was his

  • Airmen learn combat skills to fight, survive

    "Exercise, Exercise, Exercise," took on a whole new meaning for 126 Edwards Airmen Dec. 7, when they received critical training from the 95th Security Forces Squadron during the operational readiness exercise at Camp Corum. The training, called Air Expeditionary Force Combat Skills Training, was

  • Branch students welcome back teacher after Japan trip

    From tasting wasabi and other Japanese foods to receiving intercultural insight, fourth-graders from Branch Elementary School will walk away from this school year enriched through an experience that goes beyond traditional learning. Though Branch is not a Department of Defense school, it is located

  • AFMC announces new AFRL commander

    Air Force Materiel Command officials announced Dec. 8 that Maj. Gen. Ted F. Bowlds will be the new commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory. General Bowlds' current position is deputy program executive officer and vice commander, Aeronautical Systems Center, also headquartered here. The center

  • Operational Readiness Inspection exercise turns real-world

    An Operational Readiness Inspection exercise turned into a real-world search and rescue mission Dec. 6 when a 116th Air Control Wing aircrew was diverted to aid a downed Marine AV-8B Harrier jet pilot. According to Capt. Jody Strong, 12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron aircraft commander, the

  • Kirtland Air Force Base Youth Center receives grant from NFL

    Youth at Kirtland can look forward to a new flag football program at the youth center. Earlier this year, the youth center wrote a grant submission to the Boys and Girls Club of America, requesting the NFL Youth Football Fund grant of $2,500. The youth center was selected out of 400 applicants for

  • Three AFMC Airmen selected for aerospace master's

    Three Airmen from Air Force Materiel Command were selected Nov. 29 for the University of Tennessee's Aerospace Master of Business Administration program, a degree program newly sponsored by the Secretary of the Air Force Acquisition community. Those selected for the program were Maj. Wade Jense from

  • Product center completes $250 million program

    The Global Information Grid Systems Group recently completed installation of an emergency communications system at Minot AFB, N.D, the last of 50 identical systems in a program worth more than $250 million. The Minuteman Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network Program, or MMP, which began

  • 'Tonight Show:' Edwards Airmen receive star treatment from Jay Leno

    Fifty-five Airmen here traveled to Burbank, Calif., on Nov. 22 as part of an all-military audience for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."More than 350 men and women from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard filled the studio audience to watch the taping of the late-night show, which

  • Part-timers included in AFMC Civilian Fitness Program

    Part-time employees in Air Force Materiel Command can now exercise during duty time just like their full-time counterparts thanks to a recent revision to the Civilian Fitness Program.When Gen. Bruce Carlson took command of AFMC in August, one of his primary concerns was the health and wellness of

  • Fuel cells could save Air Force thousands

    Robins Air Force Base officially welcomed an alternative fuel technology Thursday that could save the Air Force thousands of dollars in energy costs.Base leaders, along with representatives from New York-based manufacturer Plug Power Inc., Atlanta-based Logan Energy Corp., the Army Corps of

  • Officers become International Airmen through LASI program

    Traveling to a foreign country, speaking the native tongue and understanding a distant culture are dreams to some people; but thanks to an Air Force program, line officers have the opportunity to turn those dreams into reality.Language and Area Studies Immersion is a program designed to build a

  • IMA prepares for space mission

    As a young boy, Col. Mike Fossum was fascinated with flight and the space program. The senior individual mobilization augmentee for Aeronautical Systems Center's F-16 System Group is also an astronaut who will take part in a National Air and Space Administration shuttle mission scheduled for May

  • Utah legislators purchase $4.4 million in equipment for Hill AFB

    The arrival of new equipment on base usually would not attract attention from state and local government officials. But then, Utah officials have a vested interest in this particular shipment.Utah Sen. Sheldon L. Killpack (R-Syracuse), Rep. J. Stuart Adams (R-Layton) and Layton Mayor Jerry Stevenson

  • Azerbaijan delegation tours Tinker, gains insight into aircraft maintenance

    As discussions of placing a NATO compatible air base in Azerbaijan continue to pick up steam, a 23-member delegation from the U.S. and the former Soviet Republic toured Tinker Air Force Base in November to get an inside look at what would be required to support such a facility.The visit, which