AFMC Command News

  • Keeping civilians in fighting shape

    The Civilian Health Promotion Services or CHPS program was established in the Air Force Materiel Command to keep its civilian Airmen as fit as their active duty counterparts. Its success has led to its recent expansion CONUS-wide.

  • AFRL’s Cislunar Highway Patrol System seeks industry collaboration

    KIRTLAND AFB, New Mexico (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate is seeking partners to design and inform the capabilities of the Cislunar Highway Patrol System (CHPS) satellite, to provide space domain awareness beyond Geosynchronous orbit, in the region of

  • Take charge of your health by completing a Health Risk Assessment

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Know Your Numbers, Know Your Risk. Complete Your HRA wellness profile today.The Air Force Civilian Health Promotion Services program, or CHPS, is a mobile worksite wellness program providing free health and wellness services and resources to the federal civilian

  • Preventing heat illness

    Anyone exposed to high temperatures for a sustained period of time is at risk for heat-related illness.  Heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion or heat stroke, happen when the body is not able to properly cool itself.  The body normally cools itself by sweating.  But under some conditions,