June 12, 2012 How low can you go? Hanscom starts new energy competition A new energy competition is underway at Hanscom called "How Low Can You Go?" The competition requires little effort but big results, as it focuses on energy consumption during the weekend. "We want people to place special focus on their pre-weekend shutdown measures," said Tom Schluckebier, base
June 8, 2012 Wolfenbarger receives fourth star, assumes leadership of AFMC Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger became the first female four-star general in the Air Force and assumed the top position of the major command responsible for the technology, acquisition, test and sustainment of the service's current and future weapon systems during ceremonies here June 5, 2012.Wolfenbarger
June 6, 2012 Hold the Line: Don't aim for average As members of the Air Force, we should be committed to a standard of excellence. Our service adopted a new motto in 2010 that exemplifies this -- "Aim High...Fly-Fight-Win." The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force said, "This motto encompasses what Airmen say about what it means to serve in this
June 5, 2012 Team Edwards members earn DOD security certification A program developed by security professionals, for security professionals, is now giving Edwards employees the chance to further their careers and enhance security at base units. The Defense Security Service's Security Professional Education Development program, or SPeD, provides online training and
June 4, 2012 Doing one's best remains guiding principle of Air Force's first female 4-star general Through a more than three-decade career punctuated by differing assignment locations, duties and ranks, Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger maintains that one constant has guided her career and will continue to as she transitions into her post as the service's first female four-star general. "I approach my
May 31, 2012 My educational journey: Use your influence I entered the Air Force in September 2000 and had no ambitions to get an education; I felt the Air Force would give me all the education and training I needed to accomplish my job. At my first assignment, I focused on CDCs and learning my career field. Four years passed and my second assignment was
May 29, 2012 Edwards AFB shows why seminar is no small business Team Edwards once again welcomed and presented small businesses with an opportunity to learn and further enhance their knowledge of the Air Force Flight Test Center's mission and how to participate in the base's acquisition process. Hosted by the AFFTC Small Business Programs Office, the Edwards
May 23, 2012 Increased diversity, cyberspace highlight Gen. Hoffman's 42-year career In the past three and a half years, he's overseen the reorganization of the Air Force's most complex and diverse command, managed some of the most drastic budget reductions in the service's history and been a champion of energy conservation.Gen. Donald Hoffman's tenure as commander of Air Force
May 23, 2012 AFMC command chief reflects on 30-year career 'adventure' Air Force Materiel Command's top enlisted sergeant will end his military career June 1, 2012, bringing to a close a career that he says launched a "great adventure" around the world.Chief Master Sgt. Eric Jaren, AFMC's command chief, will say goodbye during a retirement ceremony at the National
May 22, 2012 Aircrew members undergo some SERE-ous training For Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists stationed at Edwards, they're not only trained to survive in austere conditions, but they train aircrew members to do the same.As part of a course called Initial Survival Training, both military and civilian aircrew members undergo three and a