AFMC Command News

  • Digital Test and Training Range Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

    The 412th Electronic Warfare Group, 445th Test Squadron, celebrated the opening of the Digital Test and Training Range facility enabled by the Joint Simulation Environment during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, May 8.The $34.4 million-dollar, state-of-the-art facility located on Edwards Air Force Base,

  • Hanscom Defender named top in DOD

    A civilian 66th Security Forces Squadron defender here has been named the John Awtrey Annual Law Enforcement Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission Award winner. The POST Commission Award is presented to a Department of Defense law enforcement employee whose efforts greatly contributed to

  • AFIMSC completes largest runway construction project in years

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center recently completed a $352.6 million, full-depth rebuild of the remote runway at the Ascension Island Auxiliary Airfield.The effort was led by AFIMSC’s Air Force Civil Engineer Center and their contracting execution agent, the 772nd Enterprise

  • AFRL, University of Arizona foster collaboration at tech collider event

    The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held the University Tech Collider Working Group at the Rotunda at Science and Technology Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 13-14, 2023. The event was hosted in partnership with New Mexico Tech, the Southwest Innovation Alliance and the University of

  • DASD Barron visits Hill AFB

    Patricia Montes Barron, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy, visited Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 5, 2023. During her tour, Barron received updates on the programs and resources available to the base's personnel and their families.

  • AFWERX begins the ‘22 For You Challenge’ for team wellness

    AUSTIN, Texas - AFWERX is encouraging physical and mental health with the “22 For You Challenge.”Originally founded by Jeremy “Chaz” Michael, AFWERX mission design team lead and Army special operations veteran, the “22 For You Challenge” began as a grassroots campaign in 2020 called the “Ruck for 22

  • AFRL teams with academia to win Phase I of AFRL Grand Challenge

    The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has selected a joint research team from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as the Phase I winner of AFRL’s Active Artificial Intelligence, or AI, Planners for Chemistry/Materials Optimization and Discovery Grand

  • FY22 DAF Annual Safety Awards Released

    Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt has released the recipients for the fiscal year 2022 Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Safety Awards, as well as the Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety Awards. AFMC entities at Hill AFB, Utah and Eglin AFB,