AFMC Command News

  • Test Airman receives Air Force level volunteer award

    A 96th Communications Squadron Airman received the 2020 American Legion Spirit of Service Award. This award honors one enlisted member from each branch of the armed forces for their exceptional leadership and volunteer service.

  • AFSFC Airman aims to save world, one book at a time

    Air Force Security Forces Defender is a military working dog scheduler by day and a writer and illustrator by night. His books aim to effect positive change and open to conversation about sensitive topics.

  • Airman delays retirement, helps AEDC meet COVID-19 challenge

    For one senior noncommissioned officer at Arnold Air Force Base, the end of a successful military career was on the horizon at the start of 2020, with terminal leave planned to begin May 1 and retirement Sept. 1.That was before COVID-19.With the pandemic surging in the United States, Master Sgt.

  • Babish awarded highest civilian recognition

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) -- Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett awarded the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service to Charles A. “Chuck” Babish IV, Air Force Senior Level Executive for Aircraft Structural Integrity.  The award was presented to Babish in a ceremony presided

  • AFRL researcher awarded by Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – An Air Force Research Laboratory scientist was recently honored with the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers Professional Achievement Award ​for his innovative research and persistent drive to tackle challenging and evolving subject matter.Dr. Steve Kim

  • Retiring 88 ABW command chief reflects on accomplishments, challenges

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The command chief master sergeant of the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is retiring following an almost 30-year career.Before coming to Wright-Patt in May 2018, Chief Master Sgt. Stephen Arbona was the superintendent of the 11th

  • Laster’s contributions to the aerospace testing remembered

    AEDC Fellow Dr. Marion Lynn Laster will be remembered for his contributions to Arnold Engineering Development Complex following his passing on June 14 at the age of 85.Throughout a career that spanned 40 years, Laster was credited with playing a significant role in the development of test facilities

  • AEDC team member named AF nominee for NDIA award

    A capability manager for Hypervelocity Flyout, Impact and Lethality Ground Test and Evaluation at AEDC, has been named an Air Force nominee for the 2019 Air Force Government Civilian Tester of the Year award from the National Defense Industrial Association.Jonathan Carroll joined the AEDC in 2014 as

  • Colonel practices Excellence through Servant Leadership

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) -- One of the Air Force’s ongoing challenges in the information age, has been how to ensure its myriad of weapon systems continue to function effectively within increasingly cyber contested environments. After all, if adversaries somehow manage to disrupt or stop

  • Dobbs 'engineers' 50 years of service

    When Carroll Dobbs joined Tinker Air Force Base as a member of the 72nd Security Forces in 1972, he said he never foresaw that he would have stuck with his service for nearly 50 years.

  • From immigrant to pandemic fighter

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Living in poverty in rural China where there was little opportunity, Col.(select) Hui Li’s parents knew they needed to do something different to ensure Li and her siblings would have a better life and education. Having no idea what they were about to get into,

  • Hanscom defender saves a life

    An average day on the job quickly turned to a matter of life or death for one Hanscom defender, whose fast action saved the life of a subcontractor who suffered a heart attack while on base.

  • Behind the scenes

    For one Airman, the Air Force offered an opportunity to attain a higher education. What he did not expect was the in-person schooling on leadership he receives each day as the enlisted aide at the Air Force Materiel Command.

  • The chance to be greater

    Lee, born in Massachusetts, spent his childhood in numerous locations in the U.S. as part of a military family. His motivation to join the military increased as he observed his father serving 21 years in the Coast Guard.