President nominates Gen. Moore as new AFLCMC commander Published Feb. 29, 2012 Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The President has nominated Air Force Materiel Command Vice Commander Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II for appointment as commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. The nomination was announced by Air Force officials Feb. 29, 2012. Pending Senate confirmation, General Moore will lead the new center to be located at Wright-Patterson. AFLCMC will provide life-cycle management of Air Force weapon systems and other capabilities. It is the result of an AFMC-wide restructure that will consolidate the missions now performed by the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson, the Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom AFB, Mass., the Air Armament Center at Eglin AFB, Fla., and some functions at other AFMC bases. AFLCMC will also include the new Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate, formerly the Air Force Security Assistance Center, at Wright-Patterson. The center is expected to reach initial operational capability Oct. 1, 2012. The AFMC restructure was announced Nov. 2, 2011, as part of several Air Force efficiency efforts. The restructure will cut overhead costs and redundant layers of center headquarters staffs and is expected to generate Air Force savings of $109 million annually. The restructure will improve AFMC's overall management of the Air Force's research and development, test and evaluation, life cycle management and sustainment of weapon systems and nuclear support, and will allow AFMC to provide better support to the warfighter and use taxpayer dollars more efficiently. Prior to his assignment as AFMC vice commander in October 2011, Moore was the deputy director of the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office in Arlington, Va. Moore's previous assignments include deputy director of the Global Power Directorate in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition at the Pentagon, and deputy director of the Capabilities Integration and Transformation Directorate at Headquarters AFMC. General Moore served as the chief of air operations, Multi-National Forces-Iraq in 2004, and he is a command pilot with more than 3,000 flight hours in 30 types of aircraft. Moore also served at Wright-Patterson AFB during previous tours as director, F-16 System Program Office, June 2002 to August 2003; as vice commander, Aeronautical Systems Center, September 2003 to August 2004; as director, F-22 System Program Office, November 2005 to May 2007, and as commander, 478th Aeronautical Systems Wing, May 2007 to July 2008. He graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1980 with Bachelor of Science degrees in aeronautical engineering and political science. In 1981, he earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from Columbia University in New York. He also earned a Master of Science degree in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. A replacement for Moore has not been announced.