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  • New AFMC chiefs attend orientation

    The 23 newest chief master sergeants within Air Force Materiel Command gathered for a week-long orientation here earlier this month. The AFMC Chiefs' Orientation is held every year after the promotion selectee list is published."This orientation is essential to get these new chiefs the tools and

  • Gen. Wolfenbarger discusses challenges and successes at commander’s call

    Challenges that lie ahead and a recap of recent successes highlighted Air Force Materiel Command commander Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger's commander's call here Jan. 23.It was the first of what will be several workforce communication engagements for the general. In the coming months, Wolfenbarger will

  • Airmen provide foundation for Air Force weapon systems

    How do you build an Air Force organization responsible for the acquisition and support of all aircraft, engines, munitions, and electronic/cyber systems? You start with the people, of course.That's the message the commander of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is conveying, both to his

  • B-52 upgrade to increase smart-weapons capacity

    Personnel here will update ground maintenance and mission planning software in support of a new Air Force contract that will increase the B-52 bomber's "smart-weapons" capacity by 50 percent.The $24.6 million agreement stipulates that Boeing will develop a modification to existing weapon launchers

  • AF officials announce FY14 civilian workforce shaping

    The Air Force will reduce the size of its civilian workforce by about 900 positions in addition to maintaining approximately 7,000 vacancies across the force to meet the demands of a constrained fiscal 2014 budget, officials announced. Specific reductions by location have not been determined.The Air

  • AF announces additional force management programs to reduce force size

    Air Force leaders announced force management programs Dec. 11 designed to reduce the force by thousands of Airmen over the next five years as a result of sequestration.Fiscal 2014 force management initiatives are in addition to the announcement made in July, stating the Air Force will implement

  • FY14 force management to include senior NCO retention board

    Plans are underway to convene a June senior NCO retention board to consider eligible master sergeants and senior master sergeants for retirement, officials announced Dec. 11.The board is one of several fiscal 2014 force management measures that have been or will be implemented to transition toward a

  • Hill selected to receive first operational F-35A aircraft

    Hill Air Force Base, Utah, was selected as the new home for the Air Force's first operational F-35A Lightning IIs.Air Force officials chose Hill AFB after a lengthy analysis of multiple locations' operational considerations, installation attributes, economic and environmental factors."Hill AFB is

  • World's Largest Military Aviation Museum Ready to Build New Addition

    The world's largest military aviation museum is about to get bigger.The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is set to expand its legacy with a new 224,000 square foot building to be constructed by Turner Construction Co. of Washington, D.C. The contract for the museum's newest building, which will