AFMC Command News

  • Wright-Patterson to initiate Phase I of Return to Full Capacity plan

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – As state governments around the country begin to allow businesses and other facilities to reopen as the coronavirus pandemic continues, Wright-Patterson personnel will also begin a phased approach to returning to their work centers.Col. Tom Sherman, 88th Air

  • Robins Frontlines: Tech. Sgt. Stephen O’Connor

    Tech. Sgt. Stephen O’Connor, 78th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Fuels Information Service Center section chief, plays a critical role for the East Coast’s largest fuels storage capability here at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. In his position, he oversees the accounting and fuel quality for 3.5

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Chong Smith

    Chong Smith is a cashier at the Tinker Base Exchange and has worked here for 12 years.Originally from South Korea, Smith now lives in Edmond, Oklahoma, and enjoys listening to music.Smith says she loves working at the Tinker Base Exchange and regularly promotes the Military Star Card to her

  • Team Hill Frontlines: Senior Airman Albert Corona

    Senior Airman Albert Corona works in the 75th Operations Support Squadron as an air traffic controller. He is responsible for handling the safe and expeditious flow of air traffic, as well as training apprentice controllers and helping them become certified. His hometown is Los Angeles, California,

  • Gate’s Airmen still trucking through COVID-19

    The Truck Gate at Tinker Air Force Base is taking additional precautions when screening vehicles in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.Officer Jason Allen, the non-commissioned officer in charge of Vehicle Search, said the process for allowing these large vehicles, which are often transporting

  • Fitness Center keeps Airmen, families on track

    Officials from the Hanscom Fitness and Sports Center have developed a program to keep service members and their families active and in shape while gyms and many public parks are closed.

  • Key Spouses extend a hand to community

    During a difficult time like this, with the uncertainty of stop-movement orders and some military members deployed for longer than anticipated, Hanscom’s network of key spouses is playing an increasingly important role.As operations continually adapt in response to COVID-19, Key Spouses serve as a

  • Robins Frontlines: Brittany Pennamon

    Brittany Pennamon, Defense Logistics Agency, Receiving distribution process worker, moves critical items through the distribution process amidst the fight against COVID-19.DLA Distribution Warner Robins, Ga., is one of four strategic distribution platforms under DLA Distribution and distributes

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Senior Airman Jaiyda Hale

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Senior Airman Jaiyda HaleSenior Airman Jaiyda Hale, a lab technician with the 72nd Medical Support Squadron, is originally from Columbus, Ohio, and has served in the U.S. Air Force for two years.As the COVID-19 response ramped up at Tinker, Hale volunteered to help with

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Mike Garrett

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Mike GarrettMike Garrett is an Emergency Management specialist in Tinker’s Emergency Operations Center.He has worked in the EOC for over seven years and is retired from the Air Force.The Winnsboro, Louisiana, native enjoys playing basketball and doing yard work in his spare

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Marcel Jacques

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Marcel JacquesMarcel Jacques is the Drug Demand Reduction Program manager with the 72nd Air Base Wing. He came to Tinker in 2009 as an Air Force Reserve recruiter, before retiring in 2014 and assuming his role in the DDRP office.In his spare time, Jacques loves to hang out

  • Team Hill Frontlines: Tyler Mead

    Tyler Mead works in the 309th EMXG, as a Budget Analyst. He loves helping others expand their mindset and their personal development.  Tyler hails from Hooper, Utah and when he is not creating financial reports, you can find him four wheeling, off-roading in trucks, camping, biking, paddle boarding,