Oct. 27, 2015 AFMC exceeds small business goals two years running Aggressive marketing and outreach helped Air Force Materiel Command exceed its small business contracting goal for the second straight year. Also, every AFMC center reached its goal for the second straight year. The fiscal 2015 small business goal was 11.88 percent of contracts awarded, and AFMC
Oct. 26, 2015 Ogden ALC unit awarded prestigious VPP Star status Seven years of taking a careful look at its safety and health programs paid off Oct. 20, 2015, when the 309th Electronics Maintenance Group received recognition as a Voluntary Protection Program Star site.The group's 690-plus employees gathered in Centennial Park to receive a flag and a plaque --
Oct. 26, 2015 FAB-T poised for production The Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals program here received approval to enter Low Rate Initial Production following a recent Milestone C Department of Defense acquisition board meeting.After more than three years of developmental efforts, the program -- commonly referred to as FAB-T
Oct. 23, 2015 Complex closes out productive year with 217 aircraft It has been a productive year at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, more so than at any other time in the last five years. A total of 217 aircraft -- C-5, C-17, C-130 and F-15 -- were produced in fiscal 2015, which ended Sept. 30. That number includes 15 unscheduled depot level maintenance
Oct. 23, 2015 Leveraging expertise focus of Robins' Partnership Summit It's about leveraging one another's capabilities, resources and expertise. The Robins Air Force Base Partnership Summit drew more than 100 community and base senior leaders to the Museum of Aviation Oct. 22 to discuss prospective partnerships at Robins. In any given year, the complex conducts about
Oct. 21, 2015 Radar upgrades ensure situation awareness A Battle Management program to improve the reliability and maintainability of U.S. Air Force long-range radar systems reached full operational capability recently when all the operational long-range radar sites were certified and deemed suitable and operationally effective.The AN/FPS-117 is a
Oct. 19, 2015 Arnold test facility marks 30 years since Initial Operational Capability The 30th anniversary of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility achieving initial operational capability was Sept. 30, 2015, with the conclusion of a Pratt & Whitney F100 engine test in the facility's C-1 test cell.Upon conception of the large engine test facility in 1965, ASTF provided propulsion
Oct. 16, 2015 Air Force Chief of Staff visits with Hill Airmen Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh A. Welsh III wrapped up a visit to Hill Air Force Base by holding a town-hall-style meeting with the base's Airmen -- and getting a bit emotional."I love you. I love who you are. I love what you do. I love how you stand up for each other," Welsh said. "Thanks
Oct. 16, 2015 KC-46 program refueler touches down at Edwards The KC-46 program's first test aircraft, a Boeing 767-2C (EMD-1), departed from its home at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, and touched down at Edwards for the first time Oct. 15, 2015.Boeing and the 418th Flight Test Squadron here are conducting Ground Effects and Fuel Onload Fatigue testing
Oct. 16, 2015 Hill food court worker selected for DOD award Holding her award to her aproned chest, right next to her Taco Bell name tag, Patricia Barson beamed."It's my greatest dream in life," said the Army & Air Force Exchange Service employee. "I just want to serve people."Barson was honored Oct. 16, 2015, as one of the Department of Defense's