Oct. 29, 2015 OC-ALC launches '1,000 hires in 100 days' The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex aims to hire more than 1,000 entry-level to experienced maintenance personnel to meet the demands of growing requirements to include new workloads but also to cover the natural attrition that is occurring as the workforce retires and transitions. This is an
Oct. 29, 2015 A Family Affair: Gen. Warner Robins' grandchildren visit base, museum The namesake of the city of Warner Robins and Robins Air Force Base had three daughters.Brig. Gen. Augustine Warner Robins and his wife, Dorothy Gretchen, were the parents of Dorothy Robins Gray, Elizabeth "Betty" Warner Robins and Helen Robins Guilfoyle.On Oct. 26, the three children of the
Oct. 28, 2015 Commentary: AFRL people: A national asset We recognized Air Force Research Laboratory's top scientists and engineers on Oct. 22 during the AFRL Fellows and Early Career Awards banquet. It was a spectacular event.We inducted seven senior researchers as AFRL Fellows, our most prestigious honor, representing the top 0.2 percent of our
Oct. 28, 2015 Global Broadcast Service: the military's 'direct TV', now available in a rucksack U.S. service members will soon be able to receive secure data and cable-quality video in near real-time, even in the most remote parts of the world, using smaller, lighter-weight equipment. On Sept. 28, 2015, officials here awarded a contract to AQYR Technologies, a small business located in Hollis,
Oct. 28, 2015 Qatar moves one step closer to receiving U.S. Air and Missile Defense Operations Center Last week the Air Force and the State of Qatar finalized an agreement for the next step in the delivery of a U.S. integrated air and missile defense system for the Qatari Emeri Air Force.The Qatar Air and Missile Defense Operations Center, or ADOC, program located at Hanscom AFB awarded Raytheon a
Oct. 27, 2015 AFMC exceeds small business goals two years running Aggressive marketing and outreach helped Air Force Materiel Command exceed its small business contracting goal for the second straight year. Also, every AFMC center reached its goal for the second straight year. The fiscal 2015 small business goal was 11.88 percent of contracts awarded, and AFMC
Oct. 26, 2015 Ogden ALC unit awarded prestigious VPP Star status Seven years of taking a careful look at its safety and health programs paid off Oct. 20, 2015, when the 309th Electronics Maintenance Group received recognition as a Voluntary Protection Program Star site.The group's 690-plus employees gathered in Centennial Park to receive a flag and a plaque --
Oct. 26, 2015 FAB-T poised for production The Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals program here received approval to enter Low Rate Initial Production following a recent Milestone C Department of Defense acquisition board meeting.After more than three years of developmental efforts, the program -- commonly referred to as FAB-T
Oct. 23, 2015 Complex closes out productive year with 217 aircraft It has been a productive year at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, more so than at any other time in the last five years. A total of 217 aircraft -- C-5, C-17, C-130 and F-15 -- were produced in fiscal 2015, which ended Sept. 30. That number includes 15 unscheduled depot level maintenance
Oct. 23, 2015 Leveraging expertise focus of Robins' Partnership Summit It's about leveraging one another's capabilities, resources and expertise. The Robins Air Force Base Partnership Summit drew more than 100 community and base senior leaders to the Museum of Aviation Oct. 22 to discuss prospective partnerships at Robins. In any given year, the complex conducts about