AFMC Command News

  • AFRL, AFLCMC laboratory collaboration addresses pilot oxygen concerns

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center have partnered to create a facility for investigation of in-flight oxygen issues, achieving operational capability with the first testing activity, the evaluation and

  • AFSAC Director Reflects on Success and Vision for FMS Enterprise

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Remembering 2020, Brig. Gen. Brian Bruckbauer, Director of the AF Security Assistance & Cooperation (AFSAC) Directorate, reflects on past success and his vision for the future. Even with the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 brought solid results for the Air Force

  • Young AFLCMC Contracting Officer helps fight pandemic

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – When the COVID-19 pandemic began, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment established the Joint Acquisition Task Force (JATF) to synchronize acquisition execution of the Department of Defense support for resources and to maintain the

  • Combat Air Force Fellowship teaches defense acquisitions

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Today, Lt. Col. Robert Waller, Jr. is Director of Operations for the 780th Test Squadron. This is a turn from how he began his Air Force career as an F-15E combat and test pilot.Waller studied Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and

  • Serving up a holiday tradition

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Troie A. Croft, hands a team Wright-Patt Airman a Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 19, 2020, in the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, dining facility. It is a tradition for senior leadership to serve meals to Airmen before a

  • The 2020 AFMC Foreign Liaison Officer Recognition Ceremony

    The 2020 Air Force Materiel Command Foreign Liaison Officer Recognition Ceremony will be held Oct. 26, 1:00 p.m. EST.Organized and hosted by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate the theme of this year's ceremony is "Global

  • Hill AFB units reattach wings on repurposed F-35

    Units at Hill Air Force Base recently collaborated to reattach the wings of a damaged F-35A Lightning II aircraft repurposed as a maintenance trainer and test bed for developing new Aircraft Battle Damage Repair (ABDR) procedures and technologies. The aircraft referred to as AF-27 was condemned

  • AFLCMC to host Virtual Focus Week, Oct. 26-30

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is hosting its quarterly Focus Week virtually from Oct. 26-30. Focus week is an opportunity for personnel to complete mandatory and discretionary leadership and acquisition training and earn continuous learning points. Dozens of courses will be available,

  • “SpeedDealer” demos wrap, agreement expected early 2021

    Using a try-before-you-buy strategy, a team within the Digital Directorate, headquartered here, completed a series of live-fly demonstrations Sept. 26 to evaluate three commercially available, production-ready and deployable long-range radar systems.

  • B-1B Integrated Battle Station modification completed

    An eight-year project to install the Integrated Battle Station on the B-1B Lancer fleet has been completed ahead of schedule. Sixty aircraft went through the modification process that began in late 2012 and was completed in September 2020.