AFMC Command News

  • AFRL STEM Academy continues hands-on learning during pandemic

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s STEM outreach program STEM Academy has started off the new year by distributing learning packets for homeschooled students around the Albuquerque community. Since the beginning of the pandemic, STEM Academy has taken a novel

  • Joint training boosts working dog programs

    Hill’s 75th Security Forces Squadron dog handlers and their military working dogs recently teamed with local and regional partners for a joint training exercise on base to detect homemade and military grade explosives.

  • Edwards AFB bids farewell to fallen Airman

    Airmen from 412th Maintenance Squadron bid farewell to Senior Airman Robert Holmes, Jr., during a memorial ceremony at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Jan. 29.

  • Trio wants to transform civil engineering with 3D modeling

    Scott McClure, Master Sgt. Luke Rogan and Capt. Nathanael Kohl submitted an idea for a 3D structural scanner plan that was selected to be one of eight finalists at the 2021 Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Innovation Rodeo on Feb. 5.

  • AFRL engineer earns lifetime achievement award

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Robert “Bob” Mercier, a chief engineer with the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate, earned the Joint Army, Navy, NASA, Air Force Airbreathing Propulsion Subcommittee Lifetime Achievement Award, Dec. 8, 2020 during a virtual awards

  • Supervisor course gets off to smooth start

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Dozens of first-line supervisors at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are starting the year with newly acquired or updated skills, thanks to an inaugural course from Air Force Materiel Command that augments mandatory supervisor training.Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, 

  • CDE a key tool to manage career

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – “You’ve heard these words over and over from supervisors and mentors.  There's only one person that can manage your career, and that's yourself,” said Kathy Watern, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Executive Director.  “That’s what CDE is about.”  On the

  • Hanscom comptrollers commemorate finance commander

    Members of the 66th Comptroller Squadron here participated in a memorial 5K run Jan. 27 to commemorate the life and service of a fallen colleague. Col. James “Rob” Culpepper, director of Financial Management and comptroller for Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustice, Virginia, lost his six

  • Virtual reality could transform wing exercises

    Joseph Suddarth, assistant fire chief in the 96th Civil Engineer Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is a finalist for the 2021 Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Innovation Rodeo.

  • Eglin Airman’s simple idea could save lives

    Staff Sgt. Eric Gonzalez, extinguisher maintenance manager for the 96th Civil Engineer Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is a finalist for the 2021 Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Innovation Rodeo.