April 17, 2018 Hybrid generator could make aircraft maintenance more efficient, effective, user friendly You can’t have air power without ground power says Senior Master Sgt. Jason Tilley, who is the Air Force’s lead for its Aerospace Ground Support Equipment Working Group. Tilley, along with several members from throughout Air Force Materiel Command, AFMC Support Equipment Program Office and Research
April 2, 2018 Air Force awards contract to test device that may help prevent physiological symptoms in flight WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Agile Combat Support Directorate recently awarded a $195,000 contract to SPOTLIGHT Labs to test the company’s SPYDR device, designed to immediately alert T-6 aircrew of low oxygen in the bloodstream, which may allow
March 14, 2018 AFMC Excellence Award winners recognized The Annual Excellence Award Banquet on March 7, 2018, served as the venue to honor Air Force Materiel Command’s top Airmen for 2017.Nominees in nine separate categories -- airman, non-commissioned officer, senior NCO, first sergeant, company grade officer, field grade officer, civilian category I,
March 9, 2018 Hanscom supplies comms on demand The 386th Expeditionary Communications Squadron trains with a communication fly-away kit for these what-if scenarios.A program office at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, was responsible for gathering requirements from the users in the field. Today, the Theater Deployable Communications office
March 2, 2018 Radar sustainment team earns top honors HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass -- The Office of the Secretary of Defense singled out the COBRA DANE System Sustainment Team at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, for an award for maintaining, sustaining and repairing the stationary COBRA DANE radar. The team won the 2017 Secretary of Defense
Feb. 26, 2018 Airmen code for combat in Cambridge Kroger’s team is working with a company called Pivotal Labs, which provides people and space to teach Airmen how to code like the workers in Silicon Valley, but for the Department of Defense. Open workspaces found in Cambridge contrast with traditional government workspaces on base with closed
Feb. 26, 2018 Unseen threads run through historic career A background which includes threads of both typical and atypical events, led to the appointment of Col. Robert Marks, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command Surgeon, as the first male Nurse Corps general officer, as well as the first male chief nurse of the Air Force Nurse Corps.
Feb. 23, 2018 AFMC Public Affairs Media Award winners Congratulations to the winners of the FY 2017 Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs Media Awards! The first place winners, and the links to view their entries, are listed below. Graphic Design Categories First Place Winners --- Digital Art: Kent Bingham, 75 ABW/PA, Hill AFB, UT:
Feb. 21, 2018 Warfighter named outstanding security forces civilian of year Mark Davis, a member of the Installation Support Directorate Integrated Defense Integration Cell, has been selected as the 2017 Air Force Outstanding Security Forces Higher Headquarters Civilian of the Year.
Feb. 19, 2018 First command-wide exercise of 2018 ends, identifies key lessons Highlights of the week-long exercise that concluded throughout Air Force Materiel Command Feb. 2, 2018.