July 15, 2016 Nature’s hazards: Poisonous plants State parks and woodlands are favorite places for many people who enjoy outdoor activities. Unfortunately, contact with poisonous plants can make these outings a miserable experience.Poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac all contain the plant oil urushiol, which can cause severe skin rash when any
July 13, 2016 AFMC commander, command chief visit Davis-Monthan Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Jason France, AFMC command chief, arrive at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., July 12, 2016.
July 13, 2016 Ogden ALC delivers 12th F-35A The Ogden Air Logistics Complex recently completed modifications on the 12th F-35A Lightning II for the Air Force's active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing.
July 13, 2016 Pegasus refuels Globemaster The KC-46A Pegasus connected in flight with an F-16 Fighting Falcon on July 8 and a C-17 Globemaster III on July 12.
July 11, 2016 Airman links deployed operators to human performance experts Many scientists and engineers go directly from school to laboratories and do not get the opportunity to work side-by-side with customers who use the products they create. But for a behavioral scientist in the 711th Human Performance Wing here, that is not the case.
July 7, 2016 Helping battlefield Airmen beat the heat Of all the threats facing Battlefield Airmen and other special operations forces, heat doesn't typically come to mind. However, heat-related illness is a critical factor for personnel operating in extreme temperatures.Dr. Reginald O'Hara and his Exercise Physiology Research Team at the United States
July 5, 2016 Headquarters organizations merge to form single Directorate of Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations To further align with the command’s mission of agility and the growing emphasis on cyberspace support, two Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command directorates merged to form a single Directorate of Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations. This organizational change took effect July 1.
June 29, 2016 AFMC successfully transitions to Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project Some 12,500 Air Force Materiel Command civilian employees have transitioned to the Acquisition Workforce Demonstration Project, or AcqDemo, pay system, effective June 12.
June 29, 2016 Independence Day is a day of gratitude The Fourth of July is a day of celebration. Whether with parades, fireworks, backyard barbecues or enjoying a baseball game, we Americans will soon celebrate our nation’s birthday.
June 28, 2016 Wargame provides reality check for war plans When Uncle Sam and his friends say it’s time to unleash a major campaign’s worth of allied airpower on bad guys on the other side of the globe, they can’t just expect all their assets to be available immediately at their beck and call. It takes rigorous planning to get those assets where they are