Oct. 15, 2015 AFMC promotes Freeze the Gain with the DASH Eating Plan During the holiday season, Air Force Materiel Command will promote the Freeze the Gain Challenge to help the AFMC workforce prevent and control high blood pressure. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 3 adults in the United States has HBP. HBP is called the "silent
Oct. 14, 2015 Former loadmaster, tester to be inducted into hall of fame Retired Master Sgt. Theodore Venturini will be inducted into the Airlift Tanker Association Hall of Fame Oct. 31, 2015. He is one of six C-17A Pathfinder Loadmasters that will be honored at an Air Mobility Command and ATA Symposium in Orland, Florida.According to the ATA nomination, the Pathfinder
Oct. 13, 2015 AFMC offers professional logistics certification programs Air Force Materiel Command has developed the Logistics Professional Development Program for civilian and military employees, working in a logistics career field, who are looking to formulate a career plan, determine job-related continuous learning objectives and enhance their professional
Oct. 13, 2015 AFMC wingmen continue to take action Air Force Materiel Command's culture of respect and resiliency is still going strong, and Airmen across the command continue to prove their dedication to that culture through their actions as wingmen."In AFMC, and across the Air Force, we accomplish our mission as a dedicated team committed to our
Oct. 9, 2015 C-130H gets new training mission -- saves time, money An aircraft that had been flying continuously since 1974 has made Robins Air Force Base its final resting place.The Sept. 29, 2015, arrival of a retired C-130H will not only enable maintenance professionals across Robins to have a dedicated aircraft for training purposes, but it will be a welcome
Oct. 7, 2015 Air Force testers cleared for Pegasus Now that Boeing has two aircraft -- one a 767-2C freighter and one a militarized KC-46A tanker -- in the air, the program expects flight testing will really get off the ground. All told, the path forward is for flight testing to validate the aircraft meets performance requirements and achieves both
Oct. 7, 2015 B-52 gets mapped for laser operations with new LITENING Targeting Pod The 419th Flight Test Squadron here recently executed ground laser testing on the B-52H aircraft. The B-52 bomber is integrating the LITENING targeting pod, or TGP, under the right wing.Operational B-52 aircrews have requested additional targeting pod resources to maintain precision weapon delivery
Oct. 6, 2015 Edwards orgs make new home in space, energy efficient building A building here, once a large open warehouse space, is now home to an army of almost 100 office cubicles. The new residents of Building 3735 are the 412th Civil Engineering Group Environmental Management Division, the 412th Logistics Readiness Squadron, the Air Force Civil Engineers Center and some
Oct. 1, 2015 Success Here equals success there: Meticulous task ensures global F-15 missions accomplished "It's like an octopus eating a bowl of spaghetti."So goes the saying in the 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Rewire Flight, whose mission is to remove and replace every single piece of wire inside an F-15. It's a meticulous task no doubt, but when that fighter aircraft flies away from the