AFMC Command News

  • COMMENTARY: How our leaders can bridge the generation gap

    As leaders, many of you have or will deal with the challenges of working with younger folks that come from a different generation than you did. This is not unique; you were different than the generation before you and so on. Still, the struggle is real and the need to be educated on how to navigate

  • AFMC hosts command chief orientation

    Air Force Materiel Command held its first AFMC Command Chief Orientation, Sep. 30-Oct. 1 to familiarize new wing and center command chiefs with the overall organizational mission and how their units fit into the bigger picture. The event provided the new enlisted leaders a greater understanding of

  • Soon-to-be officers get a taste of Air Force life

    Air Force ROTC cadets from around the country visited Hill Air Force Base this summer to get a taste of what Air Force life will be like after graduation. More than 80 cadets from nearly 60 colleges took part in a professional development training program called Operation Air Force.

  • New podcast targets Air Force contracting, acquisition fields

    “The Contracting Experience” is a new Air Force Materiel Command podcast for the contracting workforce that provides insight into evolving issues, high-performance leadership and lessons from the field through conversations with acquisition influencers and Contracting leaders.

  • Mentoring Viewpoints: The Coaching Tree

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE Ohio -- Take a few minutes to think about and write down your personal “coaching tree”. Almost all Airmen, military and civilian, have one. The only exceptions I can think of are the very youngest of our Airmen who need more time to begin to grow their coaching

  • Edwards First Term Airman’s Center expands into new realm

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The First Term Airman’s Center here is shifting its services to better serve Team Edwards. According to Master Sgt. Andre Brooks, FTAC had become not much more than in-processing for new Airmen.“Our goal is to move away from in-processing and more toward