Air Force Commodity Council saves $5.8M for major commands

By leveraging the buying power of the Air Force, the Air Force Information Technology Commodity Council saved the service approximately $5.8 million in its latest quarterly enterprise buy, or QEB, of desktop and laptop computer and monitor configurations. The QEB process, executed by the IT Hardware

Chrome plating improvements save time, money and energy

The 402nd Maintenance Wing's Process Improvement and Quality Assurance Office's efforts to increase production efficiency while reducing hazardous waste, hazardous material consumption and energy use are paying off.According to Steven Battle, 402nd MXW process improvement and quality assurance

Trial moves forward with jury selection

Senior Airman Andrew Paul Witt, the Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Airman on trial for his life in the double slaying of a fellow Airman and his wife, and the attempted murder of a second Airman, pleaded "not guilty" on all charges Sept. 13 in the Bibb County Federal Courthouse.Airman Witt is charged

Security forces military dog section honors one of its own

Since the initiation of the first U.S. sentry dog training branch at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in 1958, military working dogs in the United States and abroad have been honored for playing an active role in the Air Force mission. That honor was once again passed down Sept. 1 during a Military

NASA Dryden chief engineer dies in airplane crash

The crash of an aerobatic plane in Oklahoma has claimed the life of Marta Bohn-Meyer, chief engineer at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and a widely known precision aerobatic pilot.Bohn-Meyer, 48, died Sunday morning when the Giles G-300 she was flying crashed

World War I aviation drama coming to Air Force’s national museum

One of the nation’s premier historical aviation events will bring the excitement and adrenaline of World War I air power to the National Museum of the United States Air Force Sept. 30 - Oct. 2.The Dawn Patrol Rendezvous World War I Fly-In will feature vintage reproduction World War I aircraft flying

Raptor completes avionics testing, advances to next phase of acquisition

The F/A-22 Raptor recently finished avionics Engineering Manufacturing Development, or EMD, testing here, and surpassed 2,592 flight hours, pushing the aircraft testing one step closer to taking its place as the premiere weapon system of the U.S. Air Force. "This Mission-Avionics testing tied in

AFMC headquarters overhauls office symbols

Alphabet soup isn't the staple in the joint-forces world that it is in the Air Force. If you're at a joint job and you need to talk to somebody in personnel, you don't look for the two-letter symbol, DP. You look for the number, 1, preceded by J, for Joint. So does everybody else, regardless of

Systems group adds technology to mix of Hurricane Katrina relief support

While millions of tons of relief supplies are flowing into the Gulf Coast daily, the Operations and Sustainment Systems Group here is shoring up the vital flow of communications to the hurricane-stricken region. Hours after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the group's team of communications,

Robins Air Force Base lends helping hand to Katrina evacuees

While hundreds of Robins Air Force Base Airmen headed into the Gulf Coast region devastated by Hurricane Katrina, some of the personnel who remained reached out to those who were seeking a place of refuge in Middle Georgia. Christine Parker, Robins Family Support Center director, said they are

Hill Air Force Base deploys Airmen to aid Katrina victims

A total of 17 active-duty members from Hill Air Force Base have deployed to various locations to aid Hurricane Katrina victims. One active duty member from the 75th Contracting Squadron left Saturday for the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans to provide contracting support to

Big bird in the house

Controllers get surprise visit from evacuee

Just days before Hurricane Katrina made landfall devastating the Gulf Coast region, Latifa Johnson gathered her children, packed a few belongings and trekked from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., to the safety of Robins Air Force Base, Ga.What the wife and mother of three - ages 12, 6 and 4 - thought

Tinker Air Force Base shows its purple suit

The Family Support Center at Tinker Air Force Base is doing its part to help in the wake of Hurricane Katrina by providing temporary housing and support for displaced families from Mississippi. As of Sept. 7, the center helped three families settle into the community by providing medical services,

Captain Mangione wants to be a millionaire

When this story is published, Capt. Gregory Mangione, a physician assistant in the 88th Medical Group's orthopedic unit, will be a millionaire -- or not.He will have been a contestant on an episode of the popular television show, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" the first weekend in October.