AFMC Command News

  • Threat of ‘imminent death’ changed Wright-Patt Purple Heart recipient

    Senior Master Sgt. Bruce Haskin had some serious advice to bestow on friends and family after receiving the Purple Heart.“The threat of imminent death was the way many of us felt in Bagram that day. It brings a new perspective and new prioritization in life,” he said at a presentation ceremony Feb.

  • Cultural resources manager combines love of history, architecture

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force has a long, colorful and storied history – and Steve Byington has the good fortune to help carry it safely into the future.He gets to do that as the 88th Civil Engineer Group’s cultural resources manager, a job he’s held since August at

  • AFRL scientist named national society fellow

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A research psychologist who specializes in auditory perception in the Air Force Research Laboratory has been selected as a fellow by the Acoustical Society of America.Dr. Brian Simpson currently serves as technical advisor for the 711 HPW’s Sensory Systems

  • Maui sees first U.S. Space Force officers sworn in

    Six officers assigned to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site joined more than 2,400 Airmen across the nation, transferring from the U.S. Air Force to the U.S. Space Force, making them the first Space Force Guardians on the

  • Hanscom personnel become Space Force Guardians

    Hanscom officials held a number of ceremonies Feb. 1 to officially commission more than 25 personnel from the acquisition directorates here transferring from the Air Force to the U.S. Space Force.

  • AFRL officers transfer to U.S. Space Force in historic ceremony

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - Joining more than 2,400 Airmen across the nation, 13 Air Force Research Laboratory officers took the oath of office Feb. 1, transferring from the U.S. Air Force to the U.S. Space Force, in an induction ceremony held at Kirtland Air Force Base. Col. Eric Felt, director

  • Air Force announces Airmen leadership qualities

    The Airman leadership qualities are expected to form the basis for the future officer and enlisted performance reporting systems. The alignment between evaluating units and evaluating Airmen is intended to further emphasize and accelerate an understanding and adoption of the associated leadership