June 6, 2018 New interns receive AFMC welcome More than 130 new interns were introduced to careers in civil service by the Air Force Materiel Command commander at the start of the Premier College Intern Program Symposium June 4 at the Hope Hotel, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. A Secretary of the Air Force initiative, the PCIP is focused
May 29, 2018 Command meets its cost-savings objective for second fiscal year in a row Air Force Materiel Command captured more than $2.5 billion in cost savings for fiscal year 2017, the second fiscal year in a row the command has achieved its strategic savings objective.
May 22, 2018 One E-8C JSTARS to undergo organic depot maintenance WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force plans to bring an E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, better known as JSTARS, into the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robins AFB, Georgia, for Programmed Depot Maintenance by Summer 2018. The move would increase PDM
May 17, 2018 I-WEPTAC delivers innovations to Air Force leaders JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Innovation was alive here this week, as senior leaders heard proposals May 16 to address some of the greatest challenges facing the agile combat support community at the conclusion of the 2nd Annual Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics
May 15, 2018 Air Force Science and Technology 2030 campaign: Your ideas will shape the Air Force of tomorrow WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory continues its support of the Air Force Science and Technology 2030 initiative and joined with Indiana University to host a listening forum at the university’s Bloomington, Indiana campus May 10-11.Indiana University is one of
May 15, 2018 3 AFMC Airmen honored at DOD Media Awards Nine Airmen competed at the highest level during the DOD Annual Media Award and three were given the nod in their respective categories.
May 14, 2018 Air Force transitions to a single combat uniform Air Force leaders announced the service will move to a single combat utility uniform, adopting the Operational Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, already in use by the Army and Airmen in combat zones and in certain jobs across the Air Force.
May 11, 2018 AFMC releases accident board findings on McKinley Climatic Laboratory fire Contractor workers were performing structural repairs when a fire broke out on July 5, 2017, resulting in an estimated $30 million in damage to an air-mixing facility at the McKinley Climatic Laboratory, located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, according to a recently released Air Force Materiel
May 10, 2018 Kessel Run Experimentation Lab hits hyperdrive Thirty U.S. Air Force active duty, civilians and contractors gathered in a shared workspace downtown May 7 for the opening of the Kessel Run Experimentation Lab, where they will build the next generation of combat software.
May 9, 2018 Air Force awards first energy savings performance contract of 2018 at Hill AFB The Defense Logistics Agency recently awarded a $42 million energy savings performance contract, to be executed and maintained by Energy Systems Group, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. This represents the Air Force’s first such awarded contract of 2018.