Nov. 1, 2011 Air Force team transports wounded Libyan fighters to U.S. Nearly two dozen wounded Libyan fighters were evacuated from the the revolutionary battlefields of Libya to the birthplace of the American Revolution, Oct. 29, 2011, aboard an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III. At the request of the Department of State, the Secretary of Defense directed two missions
Oct. 12, 2011 Air Force building the future force Changes are coming to the Air Force and officials are working with the Department of Defense to prioritize current and future resources as part of a national priority to reduce spending. In the spring of 2010 the Defense Department began a comprehensive effort to increase efficiencies, reduce
Sept. 29, 2011 ESC provides modern air traffic control system for Iraq The Electronic Systems Center completed work in September that improves and upgrades Iraq's air traffic control system.The completion of this foreign military sales effort involved the delivery of two new air traffic control tower systems along with state-of-the-art radar and ATC-tower simulators to
Sept. 21, 2011 UK lab awards highest scientific honor to Wright-Patt scientist Lt. Col. Laura Barnes, 711th Human Performance Wing, received the Special Commendation Medal from the United Kingdom's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory on Sept. 14, 2011.The award is one of the highest honors bestowed upon Ministry of Defence researchers and this was the first time it was
Sept. 20, 2011 Air Force officials announce civilian early retirement, separation incentive options The Air Force is implementing civilian Voluntary Early Retirement Authority and Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay programs, Air Force officials announced Sept. 19, 2011."Our goal with these programs is to mitigate the impact of reduced fiscal year 2012 funding on our permanent civilian workforce,"
Sept. 17, 2011 Air Force Marathon sets attendance record for second year The 2011 U.S. Air Force Marathon broke a number of records this year -- first by selling out earlier than ever in June and then by lining up 13,000 runners at the starting line on the grounds of Wright State University and the National Museum of the United States Air Force here. This previous record
Sept. 6, 2011 Flu shots to be available for civilians as well as military This year, flu vaccine will be made available to Air Force Materiel Command's civilian workforce in addition to active-duty personnel and their family members.Given the negative impact of the flu on workforce health and workplace productivity, AFMC Commander Gen. Donald Hoffman approved the purchase
Sept. 1, 2011 Brooks' last Air Force unit completes inactivation ceremony The Air Force ended nearly 95 years of service, research and training at Brooks City-Base Aug. 31, 2011, when the last unit inactivated in a ceremony rich with military tradition. The commander of the Air Force Materiel Command and commander of the 311th Air Base Group at Brooks led the ceremony in
Aug. 29, 2011 AFMC’s Year of the CCAF initiative on track to meet goals In a mid-year update on Air Force Materiel Command's Year of the Community College of the Air Force, Chief Master Sgt. Eric Jaren, AFMC command chief, said the campaign is yielding positive results and on track to meet or even exceed its goals.Launched in January, YoCCAF aims to increase the number
Aug. 19, 2011 Teamwork leads to big Oklahoma City ALC win The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center recently won the highly regarded 2011 Robert T. Mason Depot Maintenance Excellence Award for its work on the KC-135 Stratotanker Programmed Depot Maintenance line. The Department of Defense award, named for Robert T. Mason, a former assistant deputy under the