Aug. 15, 2012 Tinker's Green Infrastructure Plan harvesting big returns Most people would associate hay baling operations with agriculture and not grounds-keeping at one of the busiest aerospace maintenance, overhaul and repair complexes in the Air Force. At Tinker Air Force Base, baling hay is yielding a harvest designed to "green" the base while cutting
Aug. 14, 2012 AFMC Airman among AF 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Air Force officials selected the service's top enlisted members, naming the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2012, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.An Air Force selection board at the Air Force Personnel Center considered 35 nominees who represented major commands; direct
Aug. 13, 2012 Welsh 'humbled' to serve as Air Force chief of staff The Air Force chief of staff flag passed to the service's 20th chief in a ceremony here Aug. 10, 2012.Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, a 36-year Airman, stepped into the position, taking over for Gen. Norton Schwartz, who also retired from the Air Force during the ceremony."Mark is respected throughout the
Aug. 10, 2012 Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II outlines the way ahead for AFLCMC In the first of several town hall meetings, Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II, the inaugural commander of the new Air Force Life Cycle Management Center shared thoughts, themes, goals and challenges Aug. 1, 2012, at the Air Force Institute of Technology's Kenney Hall. The center, which has 26,000 employees,
Aug. 10, 2012 Daughter of Edwards contractor takes bronze in Olympic long jump Air Force family member Janay DeLoach leaped 6.89 meters at Olympic stadium on the night of Aug. 8, 2012, to take the bronze medal in women's long jump.Her father is retired Chief Master Sgt. William DeLoach, whose last assignment was at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and he now works as a
Aug. 6, 2012 AEDC has role in Mars Rover success As news broke of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) "Curiosity" rover's successful landing on the "Red Planet" Aug. 6, Arnold Engineering Development Complex's (AEDC) Hypervelocity Tunnel 9 Director Dan Marren was watching the live TV broadcast of the event."Last night, after eight months of
Aug. 3, 2012 My educational journey: Turning stumbling blocks into stepping stones My educational journey began in Oklahoma, one very hot day in 1965. I was picking cotton in order to purchase school supplies and clothing for my children, and I looked up to the sky and said, "God, there must be something better than this!" And there was!At the start of the 1966 school year, I
Aug. 2, 2012 Program to improve IT core services achieves key milestone An Air Force program that will save money, save energy and improve core information technology services, such as e-mail, has recently met a significant milestone.Hardware to consolidate four regional data processing centers into one area processing center has been delivered, installed and tested at
Aug. 1, 2012 Air Force awards massive energy-saving project at Tinker An Energy Savings Performance Contract was awarded Aug. 1, 2012, at Tinker, Oklahoma's largest single-site employer and the largest Air Force facility energy consumer. "Upon completion, the project will reduce Tinker's energy intensity by 30 percent and save an estimated $6.4 million a year," said
July 27, 2012 AFMC vice commander pins on third star Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, Air Force Materiel Command commander, passes the three-star flag to Lt. Gen. Andrew Busch, AFMC vice commander, during Busch's promotion ceremony July 26, 2012, at the Wright-Patterson Club and Banquet Center.