AFMC Command News

  • Hair-raising fund raising

    While making a financial donation to the Combined Federal Campaign is the more conventional way to support charitable causes, there have always been those who relish the opportunity to challenge themselves in an effort to rally the troops to dig deep for a good cause.Rick Penn, 66th Comptroller

  • Never too cold to rock and roll

    Five members of the U.S. Air Force Band of Flight's "Systems Go" rock band performed Nov. 17 during Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's quarterly readiness exercise, Freezing River 05-4.The ensemble's performance helped boost the morale of troops participating in the exercise, who were treated to

  • Doolittle raider visits Hanscom Air Force Base, shares stories

    Veterans of World War II are products of the often-called 'Greatest Generation,' in reference to their sacrifices for freedom. Recently, one such veteran visited Hanscom's Airman Leadership School.Retired Master Sgt. Ed Horton graduated high school in 1934 and entered the Army in 1935, serving in

  • Mishap investigation training changes course

    Many Air Force flight surgeons and aerospace physiologists as well as some psychologists will have the opportunity to participate in an aircraft mishap investigation at some point in their careers. To best prepare students for that eventuality, a retiring colonel recently helped overhaul the

  • AFMC team picked to ‘spread-the-word’

    In less than 1 year, almost 2,000 young officers in many career fields will be told to hang up their blue suit and be involuntarily separated from the Air Force in order to balance the officer overages.This action will be conducted using a Force Shaping board. To ensure each officer is told of the

  • Airmen rid Eglin of graffiti

    The message was clear to anyone passing by. Scrawled in what looked like white chalk on the dingy cement wall of a past bus stop in front of the East Gate chapel read:The f---ers are still here.In his 11 ½ years in the Air Force, Staff Sgt. Kenneth Winn, First Term Airmen Center NCOIC, had never

  • Edwards CAP squadron makes comeback

    In February 2004, Edwards Civil Air Patrol Composite Squadron 84 was in danger of losing its squadron charter for various reasons. Because of this, they called in CAP Maj. Jason Markiewitz to be their commander.In just a year and a half, the whole squadron turned their gloomy fate into a victory as

  • Operation Care spreads Thanksgiving cheer to those in need

    A group of Eglin’s First Sergeants gathered together Tuesday morning to distribute frozen turkeys and other Thanksgiving essentials to squadron representatives as this year’s Operation Care got underway.Operation Care, a program funded through donations to the Combined Federal Campaign, provides

  • F/A-22 System Program Office gets new director

    Col. C.D. Moore assumed directorship of the F/A-22 System Program Office during a ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 8.Maj. Gen. Richard B.H. “Rick” Lewis, Air Force Program Executive Officer for the F/A‑22 Program, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for

  • Program allows Airmen to communicate with friends, family

    Deployed Airmen no longer have to wait for weeks for ‘snail mail’ or days for a brief phone call to find out what’s going on back home thanks to a capability developed by the Electronic Systems Center’s Global Combat Support System program last year.They can now “chat” real time with their loved

  • TPS students test autonomous aerial refueling

    Students at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School demonstrated various autonomous aerial refueling maneuvers during a flight test program at Edwards during October.A C‑12 represented the tanker and Calspan’s Variable Stability Lear‑25 represented the autonomous receiving aircraft. Both aircraft were

  • Center redesign promises to improve production

    Continuous process improvement is alive and well at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center. For proof, look no further than the 76th Maintenance Wing's new F100 Business Unit being stood up as part of a landmark $500 million, 10-year process of transforming maintenance, repair and overhaul, or MRO,

  • Brooks City-Base entomologists wage war against mosquitoes

    The aftermath of Hurricane Rita not only brought devastation to homes and buildings in East Texas, but swarms of potentially harmful mosquitoes. Entomologists from Brooks City-Base tracked, counted and with the help of an aerial spray squad, waged a private battle against the irritating insects.