AFMC Command News

  • Brooks City-Base entomologists demonstrate pioneering techniques

    They don't 'kill bugs dead' as the advertising slogan suggests, but they're finding them a lot faster now before these deadly microorganisms can cause havoc through disease outbreaks.Air Force medical entomologists at Brooks City-Base have developed an innovative capability that potentially could

  • Brooks laboratory aids in avian flu detection

    A Brooks City-Base epidemiology laboratory is working to develop more effective and timely methods for detecting avian flu to support a worldwide Air Force surveillance program designed to safeguard American military personnel from a potential outbreak.The Air Force Institute for Operational

  • Every plane part counts

    The aerial refueling capability of the KC-135 Stratotanker is an essential component of the Air Force mission throughout the world, and the expertise in two shops at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center ensures that every connection the tankers make is safe and successful.Specifically, the two

  • Helping Airmen help themselves

    The average income for a civilian eight years after high school graduation -- $42,000. Total compensation with existing Air Force career for a staff sergeant with eight years time in service and no dependants -- $52,244. Attending Eglin Air Force Base's Right Decision and Career Decision briefings

  • Security Assistance Center activates group, squadrons

    The Air Force Security Assistance Center completed its reorganization effort with the activation of the 555th International Group in a ceremony Nov. 8 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.The group now becomes AFSAC's primary organization responsible for supporting foreign

  • FOD prevention measures yield results

    Normally, the acronym FOD, or foreign object damage, when used in the same context with military jet engines is not a good thing. But in the Oklahoma City Air Logistic Center's most recent case, it is.Sept. 9 marked a significant milestone for the 76th Maintenance Wing, as the date signified the

  • Cheney commends Robins

    Vice President Dick Cheney speaks the lingo of Robins Air Force Base, Ga. He knows that here it's 'People First ... Mission Always' and that 'Every Day in Middle Georgia is Armed Forces Appreciation Day.'During a recent visit where he rallied the troops by thanking them for their unwavering support

  • Tinker earns command excellence award

    Gen. Bruce Carlson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, named Tinker Air Force Base the AFMC Commander-in-Chief's Installation Excellence Award winner for 2005.General Carlson also presented Special Recognition awards to 14 AFMC individuals and organizations. AFMC provides the Air Force with

  • Fit to fight, fit to live

    After Jim Staffan, a member of Air Force Materiel Command's Inspector General Office, passed the half-century mark he decided his once-lean physique was in need of help. He was 51, a smoker and overweight with a 41-inch waist, 25 percent body fat, and elevated cholesterol.He said he knew he needed

  • Edwards Air Force Base commanders test wheelchair accessibility

    The Air Force Flight Test Center has a long history of testing aircraft and parachutes, but one little known fact is that each year leaders here also "test" wheelchairs.Edwards' annual Wheelchair Test Day is held during National Disabilities Awareness Month in October.Organizers of the day said the

  • Animals still in need of help following Katrina

    Four weeks ago and several weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast areas with high winds and severe floods, Joyce Kahl went to New Orleans to rescue dogs.An anesthesiology technician at the Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Ms. Kahl is also a volunteer for Purebred Rescue of Ohio, an

  • Maintainers resurrect historic aircraft

    A group of Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., aircraft maintainers recently joined efforts to restore a historic aircraft for the Air Force Flight Test Center museum. Edwards AFB is part of Air Force Materiel Command, which provides the Air Force with war-fighting capabilities on time and on cost. AFMC

  • Air Force depots exceed major maintenance goals

    For the second straight year, the Air Force's three air logistics centers exceeded their aircraft production goal and met their engine production goal, putting more hardware essential to the Global War on Terrorism and peacetime training missions into the hands of U.S. warfighters.The overall

  • Icing tests continue for Airbus A380 engine certification

    The U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center is currently performing a series of icing tests on the Engine Alliance GP7200 engine for the Airbus A380 commercial airliner. The EA is a 50-50 joint venture between GE Aircraft Engines and Pratt & Whitney.The prime objective for this

  • The AC-130U Gunship program explores viper strike capability

    The AC-130U gunship, managed by Aeronautical Systems Center's Special Operations Forces Systems Group at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is undergoing an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration for a standoff precision-guided munition called Viper Strike.Viper Strike is a small, precision