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
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 18, 2012 Air Force Marathon sells out in record time The 2012 Air Force Marathon was already destined to be the largest ever, and now it will be the quickest to sell out completely as well.The final 50 spots for the full marathon were snapped up early May 18 to make the sell-out official."I'm amazed at how this race has taken on a life of its own,"
May 18, 2012 Final retreat ceremony honors AFMC commander Gen. Donald Hoffman, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, is saluted by a member of the base honor guard after accepting the flag at his final retreat ceremony May 17, 2012. The two were flanked by formations of AFMC military members and civilian employees. Hoffman will end a 42-year Air Force
May 17, 2012 Tinker B-1 program awarded James G. Roche Sustainment Excellence award The B-1 System Program Office from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., earned an Air Staff-level award recognizing the Air Force Materiel Command program office with the most improved aircraft maintenance and logistics readiness performance. William Barnes, the deputy chief of the B-1 System Program
May 7, 2012 AFMC base takes top DOD honors for environmental work Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced May 1, 2012, the Defense Department's environmental awards for fiscal 2012, and Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and Vandenberg AFB, Calif., were among nine Department of Defense installations selected for top honors.Each year since 1962, the secretary of
May 1, 2012 Air Force's first C-17 takes last flight over skies of Edwards Team Edwards and the C-17 Integrated Test Team at the 418th Flight Test Squadron recently bid the U.S. Air Force's first C-17 Globemaster III (S/N 87-0025) a final farewell as it departed Edwards April 23, 2012, to make its final ferry flight to the National Museum of the United States Air Force in
April 27, 2012 Senate confirms 3 AFMC senior leader nominations Air Force officials announced April 27, 2012, the Senate confirmations of three Air Force Materiel Command senior leaders' nominations.Officials announced the Senate confirmation of Maj. Gen. Andrew E. Busch, commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to the rank of
April 18, 2012 Doolittle Raider visits museum for 70th anniversary event Maj. Thomas C. Griffin (right), one of five surviving members of the famous Doolittle Raiders, chats with crew members of the Miss Hap B-25 bomber at the National Museum of the United States Air Force April 17, 2012. Griffin and other Raiders are at the museum this week for the 70th anniversary of
April 13, 2012 Air Force names new AFMC command chief Air Force officials announced April 12, 2012, that Chief Master Sgt. Michael J. Warner will become Air Force Materiel Command's new command chief.Chief Warner comes to AFMC from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, where he has served as 11th Air Force command chief master sergeant and senior