April 3, 2013 AFMC announces annual enlisted award winners Air Force Materiel Command announced its top enlisted Airmen of 2012 in a Commander's Log sent March 24, 2013.Twenty-three enlisted Airmen from throughout AFMC's headquarters, centers and specialized units were nominated to compete in four separate categories -- airman, non-commissioned officer,
April 1, 2013 AFRL scientist earns DOD's top civilian award Dr. Boris Tomasic from the Air Force Research Laboratory here was named a recipient of the 57th annual Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award.The highest honor given by the Secretary of Defense to career civilian personnel was presented at the Pentagon in November to Dr. Tomasic,
March 29, 2013 SecDef says furlough days reduced for civilians The Defense Department has revised from 22 to 14 the number of days hundreds of thousands of civilian employees could be furloughed this year because of the budget sequester, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today.In addition, a senior Defense Department official speaking on background told
March 29, 2013 Robins AFB earns AFMC's 2012 Facility Energy Excellence Award Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, Air Force Materiel Command commander, announced March 26, 2013, that Robins Air Force Base, Ga., won first place in the command's 2012 Facility Energy Excellence Award. Hill AFB, Utah, won second place, and Hanscom AFB, Mass., received third place.The Facility Energy
March 28, 2013 Solar farm proposed at Robins AIr Force Base Robins could one day be home to a solar photovoltaic plant. Georgia Power, in cooperation with the Georgia Public Service Commission, is encouraging new solar development opportunities to help increase the state's solar generation.The Air Force is offering 57 acres of property here as a potential
March 27, 2013 AFMC promotes Be Active: Physical Activity Initiative During April and May, Air Force Materiel Command will be promoting its 'Be Active: Physical Activity Initiative.' The Be Active initiative is designed to be progressive with frequency of physical activity. If someone has not been active for some time, this initiative allows him or her to start at a
March 27, 2013 Air Force system improves homeland air defense An Air Force system designed in the wake of Sept. 11 to provide comprehensive air surveillance and defense for North America recently got even better. The Battle Control System-Fixed program reached a major milestone with the full deployment of Increment 3. The BCS-F, produced by
March 22, 2013 Op/Ed: Sequestration impacts our mission, people, and bases As commander of Air Force Materiel Command, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, I lead an organization of some 80,000 military members and civilian employees whose work touches every aspect of the Air Force. When the warfighter calls for a new capability, we think it, we build it, we
March 22, 2013 Commander talks challenges, impacts with AFMC's community leaders Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, meets with her Community Liaison Program members March 21, 2013, at command headquarters. Twenty-five civic leaders representing each of the command's nine Air Force bases, as well as Gunter Annex, Ala., met with the commander for a
March 21, 2013 Pentagon delays sending furlough notices to civilian workforce Pentagon officials have put off sending furlough notices to civilian employees until they've had a chance to analyze how pending legislation that would fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year will affect the Defense Department.Officials now estimate that furlough notices will go