March 27, 2013 Air Force system improves homeland air defense An Air Force system designed in the wake of Sept. 11 to provide comprehensive air surveillance and defense for North America recently got even better. The Battle Control System-Fixed program reached a major milestone with the full deployment of Increment 3. The BCS-F, produced by
March 22, 2013 Op/Ed: Sequestration impacts our mission, people, and bases As commander of Air Force Materiel Command, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, I lead an organization of some 80,000 military members and civilian employees whose work touches every aspect of the Air Force. When the warfighter calls for a new capability, we think it, we build it, we
March 22, 2013 Commander talks challenges, impacts with AFMC's community leaders Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, meets with her Community Liaison Program members March 21, 2013, at command headquarters. Twenty-five civic leaders representing each of the command's nine Air Force bases, as well as Gunter Annex, Ala., met with the commander for a
March 21, 2013 Pentagon delays sending furlough notices to civilian workforce Pentagon officials have put off sending furlough notices to civilian employees until they've had a chance to analyze how pending legislation that would fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year will affect the Defense Department.Officials now estimate that furlough notices will go
March 20, 2013 Edwards celebrates women's history Team Edwards and the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center gathered March 19 for the 2013 Women's History Month Luncheon held at Club Muroc's Alliance Ballroom. This year's luncheon focused on women inspiring innovation through imagination in science, technology, math and engineering.Guest speaker Lt.
March 20, 2013 Local high school campus named for AFMC commander Beavercreek City Schools dedicated its high school campus to Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, a 1976 Beavercreek graduate, in a ceremony held March 15.The campus was renamed the "General Janet C. (Libby) Wolfenbarger Campus at Beavercreek High School." The school is
March 18, 2013 Joint STARS paves the way with MIDS JTRS fielding Joint STARS recently became the first Air Force airborne system to fully retrofit new terminals that will improve warfighter communication.The Joint STARS Communications and Network Upgrade program successfully installed, tested and fielded the first of its Multifunctional Information Distribution
March 15, 2013 Fly-By-Wire F-15SA makes first flight The U.S. Air Force and its prime contractor Boeing have completed a successful first flight of the new F-15SA advanced fighter aircraft for the Royal Saudi Air Force. The F-15SA's maiden voyage took place on Feb. 20, 2013, at the Boeing facilities in St. Louis. The flight went as planned, meeting
March 15, 2013 Software team now tests wiring in minutes, not days Testing complex electrical wiring systems inside aircraft mainframes may sound a bit intimidating, but for a team from the 580th Software Maintenance Squadron here, it's just another day at the office. The team uses the Automatic Wire Test Set to support aircraft wire testing across not only
March 15, 2013 New Robins complex plating shop safer, more efficient The Advanced Metal Finishing Facility -- the newest building in the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex -- will boast a multitude of improved efficiencies and processes once it's up and running later this year.But, one of the new facility's greatest benefits will be reduced worker exposure to