AFMC Command News

  • Edwards helps 'Monk' solve mystery

    When most people watch an episode of the USA Network TV show "Monk," they see an obsessive-compulsive detective, but may never realize the hundreds of people it takes to bring this character to life. In the same way, many people see an F-16 fly over Dodger stadium during pre-game ceremonies and

  • New reporting options give sexual assault victims control

    Sexual assault is not about sex, it's about power, and a new way for Airmen to report sexual assaults or attempted assaults is about giving power back to victims."We are now able to offer active-duty military members the option of making a restricted report, which means the victim has total power

  • Military aircraft evacuate to Wright-Patt

    Just weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast region, Hurricane Ophelia threatened communities along the East Coast, forcing military bases to act fast.As of Wednesday, 48 F-15E Strike Eagles, three KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft and 180 personnel had evacuated from

  • Air Force goes back-to-back, claims third title in four years

    The leader of the All-Air Force Men's Softball Team knew it was going to take more than talent alone to claim the 2005 Armed Forces Men's Softball Championship. But after claiming the title with a 7-2 record during the three-day round-robin tournament held at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Sept. 7

  • 'Swimming with the fishes' takes on whole new meaning

    Terrified! I've spent 30 years of my life holding my breath under water, and now someone I've only known for a few days is telling me to descend 10 feet in a pool and breathe continuously, deeply and slowly. "You should be able to stay under water for a few hours on one tank of oxygen," the

  • 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