Jan. 5, 2022 System tracks every item in the Air Force inventory Want to know how many aircraft tires or satellites are in Department of the Air Force asset inventory? The Integrated Logistics System – Supply or ILS-S has the answer.
Dec. 20, 2021 New program managers enter AFLCMC acquisition workforce A dozen new program managers entered the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center-Hanscom acquisition community following a ceremony here Dec. 9.
Dec. 15, 2021 Morris to present “State of the Center” address Jan. 10 Lt. Gen. Shaun Q. Morris, commander, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, will be presenting a “State of the Center” address virtually Jan. 10.
Oct. 15, 2021 Human Systems delivers better protection for warfighters in rapid time Airmen will soon receive updated and more comfortable body armor thanks to a new program called TEP.
Sept. 28, 2021 Kessel Run’s SlapShot saves lives Kessel Run’s SlapShot application was recently used in what is being said is the largest non-combatant evacuation in history by U.S. and coalition forces, with a total of 122,300 people airlifted from Kabul, Afghanistan.
Sept. 15, 2021 AFRL, Defense Innovation Unit launch new phase of Golden Horde Vanguard program EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) – A collaborative effort called Operation Protovision is unveiling a new competitive phase of the Department of the Air Force’s Golden Horde Vanguard program. Launched by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Defense Innovation Unit and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics
Aug. 26, 2021 Behind the scenes of foreign military sales: AFSAC helps international partners overcome airpower supply shortages Recently, AFSAC worked with a key international partner nation to clear more than a dozen Not Mission Capable Supply cases which inhibited the foreign partner’s aircraft from performing identified missions. When an NMCS code appears for a country’s weapon system, the weapon system is not capable of
Aug. 25, 2021 Behind-the-scenes video of Air Force Uniform Office A short video provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Air Force Uniform Office in action.
Aug. 24, 2021 AFLCMC wins many small business awards AFLCMC sweeps major categories of small business awards.
July 20, 2021 Air Force employee wins volunteer award and looks toward retirement Longtime Air Force civilian wins National Service Award and approaches retirement with a desire to do even more for her community.
July 8, 2021 Focus Week courses focus on career, functional expertise The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is hosting the third Focus Week of 2021 from July 26-30.
June 29, 2021 Big Berthas used to measure laser power The HEL calibration supports the Laser Hardened Materials Evaluation Laboratory (LHMEL) of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at Wright Patterson AFB and the AFRL Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, NM.
June 3, 2021 Mission planning team supports JADC2 through agile software development In an effort to facilitate Joint All-Domain Command and Control, a team at Hanscom recently demonstrated a new agile cloud-based aircraft mission planning application. JOMS Core Mission Planning, or JOMS CMP, is an aircraft transit planning software that leverages CloudOne to identify users and
May 30, 2021 Memorial Day: The story behind the names of AFLCMC bases The Air Force typically names bases after Airmen killed in the line of duty. Here is a brief look at the namesakes of AFLCMC bases on this Memorial Day.
May 20, 2021 B-52 parts to be used in research, modernization and innovation efforts A B-52H bomber, tail number 61-0009, in non-flyable status at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) here, was recently taken out of storage and is expected to be towed to the Pima Air & Space Museum off base, where its wings, fuselage, and horizontal stabilizer will be