Jan. 26, 2010 Air Force medics evacuating critically ill from Haiti A three-person medical team from the Wright-Patterson Medical Center here has deployed to provide aeromedical evacuation support to assist victims of the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.The Critical Care Air Transport, or CCAT team, is staging from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. with the 45th
Jan. 22, 2010 OC-ALC/EN director moving to AFMC He'll be nearly 900 miles away, but Russ Howard said neither Tinker nor Oklahoma City will be far from his heart or mind. The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Engineering and Technical Management director recently accepted a promotion at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Starting in February,
Jan. 21, 2010 AFMC's new command chief master sergeant is "all-in" During 28 years as an Airman, Chief Master Sgt. Eric R. Jaren has learned that a successful career requires not only fulfilling your duties, but thinking outside the box as well. For those who do both, he said, opportunities arise. The latest opportunity for Chief Jaren came by way of Gen. Donald
Dec. 22, 2009 USAF Marathon registration opens with special Jan.1 pricing If getting fit is part of your resolution for 2010, you can ring in the New Year by signing up for the United States Air Force Marathon.Online registration for the marathon opens Jan. 1 at 12:01 a.m. To encourage early sign ups, the USAF Marathon Office is offering special discounted registration
Dec. 19, 2009 Doctors perform groundbreaking surgery at Walter Reed Doctors from Walter Reed Army Medical Center here and the University of Miami collaborated to perform the first pancreas islet cell transplant Thanksgiving Day on an Airman whose pancreas was injured so severely in Afghanistan that it had to be removed.Senior Airman Tre Porfirio, a 21-year-old
Dec. 18, 2009 Two brothers from Dayton taught the world to fly Aviation enthusiasts, Air Force officials and local government leaders gathered here Dec. 17 to remember how two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, changed the world.The brief ceremony, held adjacent to the Wright Brothers Memorial on base, recognized the 106th anniversary of the first powered flight at
Dec. 14, 2009 New AFMC Command Chief named Air Force officials have announced that Chief Master Sergeant Eric R. Jaren will become the new command chief of Air Force Materiel Command.Chief Jaren comes to Headquarters AFMC from Edwards AFB, Calif., where he has served as the command chief for the Air Force Flight Test Center and 95th Air Base
Dec. 4, 2009 Senate confirms new AFMC vice commander The Senate on Friday Dec. 4 confirmed Maj. Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger to the rank of lieutenant general with assignment to the position of Air Force Materiel Command vice commander. General Wolfenbarger was previously the Director of Intelligence and Requirements at Headquarters AFMC,
Nov. 19, 2009 Edwards hosts colorful first flight Edwards Air Force Base is world renowned for its first flights, but on November 15, a group of individuals from Albuquerque, N.M., Edwards Air Force Base, and surrounding communities gathered early on a cold, bright morning in order to experience a different type of aviation.Before the sun rose, the
Nov. 13, 2009 President nominates new AFMC vice commander The President has nominated Maj. Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger, director of the Intelligence and Requirements Directorate at Air Force Materiel Command, for confirmation by the Senate to the rank of lieutenant general with assignment to the position of AFMC vice commander.As vice commander of AFMC, she