AFMC Command News

  • AFMC Key Spouse program connects units, families

    The Key Spouse Program plays an integral role in Air Force Materiel Command by tying together families, civilian employees and Airmen to enhance the readiness and resiliency of the Air Force.

  • AFMC launches 2022 Spark Tank competition

    The 2022 Air Force Materiel Command Spark Tank competition launches July 1, and Airmen can submit their innovative, game-changing ideas to compete through September 1, 2021.

  • AEDC expands footprint from coast-to-coast over past 24 years

    Since Arnold Engineering Development Center, now Complex, was dedicated in 1951 in middle Tennessee, the organization has grown to include many units, spanning the country from Maryland to California with many points in between. Most of the units and organizations were formed prior to joining AEDC

  • AFIMSC accelerates change across the enterprise with Big Data

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is improving data-driven decision making processes across the Air and Space Forces. The center hosted a Big Data Summit June 15-17 to share the its data management strategy, vision and ongoing efforts with key stakeholders.

  • Bunch visits, lauds Hanscom AFB medical teams

    Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., the commander of Air Force Materiel Command, thanked members of the 66th Medical Squadron for their COVID-19 response during a visit to the installation June 16.

  • Air Force announces art contest winners

    The Air Force Services Center recently announced the winners of the annual Air Force Art Contest. The contest ran March 1-31. A team of judges evaluated each entrant’s artwork for impact, creativity, and technical criteria in adult and youth categories.

  • Exchange officers conferred Sword of Honor

    At a gala event at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, June 2, the 2020 Royal Air Force Museum American Foundation Sword of Honor was awarded to the top performing exchange officers from the U.S. and U.K., recognizing excellence in pursuit of aviation.

  • Air Force readies for return to enhanced CHES collaboration

    As Microsoft Commercial Virtual Remote (CVR) Teams phases out on June 15, a cross-functional team of Air Force communication and acquisition experts are working diligently to welcome the workforce back to the enterprise Office 365 platform, primed to offer more robust features than ever before.

  • From dog handler to legal chief: Airman ascends ranks from quiet liftoff

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Lt. Col. Dan Watson traded his oak leaf for the silver eagle May 1 within the same gates as his first assignment, joining the tiny 1 percent of active-duty personnel who have achieved a rank of colonel or higher in the Air Force.But Watson, now chief of

  • Vaccines, telework and more addressed at AFMC Virtual Town Hall

    Air Force Materiel Command leaders addressed hot topics from across the command during a virtual town hall, April 27. Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., AFMC Commander, was joined by Patricia M. Young, AFMC Executive Director and Chief Master Sgt. Stanley C. Cadell, AFMC Command Chief, on a Microsoft

  • 2020 SE&TM outstanding performers named

    2020 science, engineering and technical management outstanding performers are announced, representing civilians and Airmen from across Air Force Materiel Command.