March 11, 2016 AFMC announces, honors annual award winners Air Force Materiel Command honored its top Airmen of 2015 during the command's Annual Excellence Awards Banquet March 9, 2016.Fifty-eight Airmen from throughout AFMC's headquarters, centers and wings were nominated to compete in nine separate categories -- airman, non-commissioned officer, senior
March 4, 2016 Civilian Health Promotion Services celebrates 10-year anniversary Throughout 2016, Civilian Health Promotion Services will celebrate its 10-year anniversary of providing health and wellness services to Air Force Materiel Command's workforce. The CHPS program began in 2006 in collaboration with Federal Occupational Health to maintain a healthy and productive
March 3, 2016 Air Force announces new AFMC executive director Air Force officials announced March 3, 2016, the assignment of Patricia M. Young as the executive director of Air Force Materiel Command. She is currently the Director, Washington Headquarters Services, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. The command's current executive
Feb. 12, 2016 Warner Robins ALC vital to AFSOC mission When you're leading troops across unpredictable terrain or taking fire from enemy forces, it's comforting to know an Air Force AC-130U gunship has got your six from somewhere above.The mission of these "Spooky" gunships -- operated by Air Force Special Operations Command -- is so critical overseas
Feb. 4, 2016 Super Bowl air coverage provided by U.S. Air Force There will be Panthers and there will be Broncos in this Sunday's Super Bowl 50 -- but F-15s? Thanks, in part, to work done at Robins, the answer is a resounding yes. The teams won't be the only ones commanding a presence during one of the country's most anticipated annual sporting events. So, if
Feb. 1, 2016 BACN hits 100,000 hours of ensuring connectivity for warfighters A program managed here to ensure warfighters can stay connected despite differing networks and austere environments recently reached a significant milestone and is also on a path to keep moving forward.The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, more commonly known as BACN, reached 100,000 combat
Jan. 26, 2016 Recapitalizing JSTARS: the radar For more than two decades, the Air Force's Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System has provided valuable intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to commanders by detecting, locating and tracking enemy ground forces from afar.Identified as the service's fourth largest acquisition
Jan. 24, 2016 KC-46A Pegasus conducts 1st in-flight refueling demonstration The KC-46A Pegasus successfully transferred fuel through its boom to an F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter Jan. 24, 2016, to demonstrate aerial refueling operations in advance of its first production decision later this spring.The Pegasus passed 1,600 pounds of fuel to an F-16 piloted by Lt. Col. Daniel
Jan. 20, 2016 Recapitalizing JSTARS: the airframe Of all the components going into the new JSTARS weapon system, the most noticeable -- at least at a glance -- is the airframe.For the past two years, a specialized team at Hanscom AFB has been hard at work researching and learning about the various aircraft in today's marketplace -- all in an effort
Dec. 23, 2015 AFMC Executive Director and AFRL senior civilians among 2015 Presidential Rank Award winners The Office of Personnel Management recognized recipients of the prestigious Presidential Rank Awards for 2015 on Dec. 15, and the list includes six Air Force Materiel Command civilians. One of the AFMC recipients is the command headquarters' own Executive Director, Michael A. Gill."Each year, the