May 14, 2012 Memorial ride set to honor fallen NCO On May 19, 2012, motorcyclists will ride from Albuquerque to Angel Fire, N.M., to honor a fallen NCO officer formerly assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base.Bobbitt, assigned to the 512th Rescue Squadron, was killed during his "finis flight" May 11, 2005, when the HH-60G he was in crashed in Angel
March 30, 2012 AFMC announces, honors annual enlisted award winners Air Force Materiel Command announced its top enlisted Airmen of 2011 during the command's Annual Enlisted Awards Banquet March 29, 2012, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.More than 350 family members, friends, wingmen and command officials gathered in the modern flight gallery of
March 20, 2012 President nominates Gen. Busch as new AFMC vice commander Air Force officials announced March 20, 2012, the President's nomination of Maj. Gen. Andrew E. Busch for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general with a new assignment.Pending Senate confirmation, Busch, commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, will become the
March 14, 2012 Hanscom lieutenant is Spirit of Hope Award nominee First Lt. Mitchell Johnson, Fixed Base Weather Observation System deputy program manager here, is nominated for the Spirit of Hope Award, named in honor of late entertainer Bob Hope and presented for outstanding service to the United States. The award recognizes a military member, civilian or
Jan. 26, 2012 Deployed Eglin Airman helps with coat drive Nurzat Ashimeva looks though coats while Staff Sgt. Shane Goss organizes them Jan. 17, 2012, during an Operation Warm and Dry distribution at the Beat School here. More than 1,600 winter coats and 200 blankets were handed out to Kyrgyz citizens in the Issyk-Kul region. There are seven phases to
Dec. 12, 2011 AFRL advisor honored for work promoting cooperation in alternative fuels When a national coalition of energy authorities established an award to recognize work in alternative fuels, it found the perfect honoree at the Air Force Research Laboratory, headquartered here. William E. Harrison III, a technical advisor with AFRL's Propulsion Directorate, has the distinction of
Nov. 28, 2011 AFMC colonels among nominees for first star The Air Force announced Nov. 28, 2011, that four Air Force Materiel Command colonels have been nominated by the President to the Senate for appointment to the grade of brigadier general.The colonels are as follows: Michael T. Brewer, Commander, Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold Air
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. 8, 2011 Feature: Early PT challenge spurs Edwards chaplain to make AFMC marathon team There are two choices an Airman can make after failing a physical training test: remain subpar or improve. For Capt. Joshua Stoley, failing his very first Air Force PT test served as motivation to change his life.Stoley, 95th Air Base Wing protestant chaplain, went from failing to meet the