AFMC Command News

  • SkillBridge assists military transition to civilian life

    Both the military and local communities can benefit from a program created by the Department of Defense that offers service members who are separating or retiring from the military the opportunity to transition successfully to civilian jobs.

  • Military working dog retires after over eight years of service

    A retirement ceremony for Morgen, a military working dog with more than eight years of service, was held Feb. 24 at the 88th Security Forces facility on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The retirement was followed by his adoption by former handler Staff Sgt. Pablo Gonzalez.

  • 3D printed parts for the C-5M deliver new capabilities

    Maintainers from the 60th Maintenance Squadron and 349th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, along with Engineering and Engineering Support contractors from the C-5 System Program Office out of Robins AFB, Georgia, began maintenance last month to modify an aerodynamic fairing for a C-5M Super Galaxy by

  • AFMC executive directors take meetings on the road

    The senior civilian leaders at the Air Force Materiel Command took their quarterly business meeting to a new location for the first time: on the road to a subordinate center. Lorna Estep, AFMC executive director, said this was an opportunity for herself and the six center executive directors to

  • EOD robots are potential confined space lifesavers

    Generally, Liquid Fuels Maintenance and Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians don’t perform duties simultaneously for safety’s sake, but that’s what happened Feb. 8 near building 825 on Hill AFB.To avoid sending a human into a potentially dangerous confined space to perform a structural integrity

  • Air Force Equal Opportunity network fields major upgrade to Core System

    With the help of the Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate’s Air Force Equal Opportunity Network team, the Air Force’s Equal Opportunity Operations office located at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)-Randolph in San Antonio, Texas recently completed a major upgrade to its system to input, manage,

  • Sparking Innovation: AFOSI/Det 111's TruNarc Laser Drug Testing

    The road to Spark Tank 2023 continues! This means the 412th Test Wing Innovation team, SparkED, is continuing the FY23 Airmen Pitch Process. The Airmen Pitch Process gives Units, Squadrons and Groups the chance to think of the next great innovative idea within their program.