April 29, 2010 DoD acquisition leader shares his priorities More than 700 military, civilian and contractor acquisition professionals and defense industry partners discussed challenges they face during the DoD Acquisition Insight Conference held April 20-21 at Sinclair Community College here.Among the many senior executives who shared their perspective was
April 29, 2010 DoD making massive investment in its acquisition workforce The Department of Defense is investing several billion dollars to re-build, train and educate its acquisition workforce, and it expects a return on its investment.Shay Assad, director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, remarked there are about 127,000 people in the Defense acquisition
April 29, 2010 Joint F-35 electronic warfare squadron stands up The squadron serving as the sole Department of Defense provider of electronic warfare support for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter activated April 23 in a ceremony here. Surrounded by artifacts from the history of airpower in the Air Armament Museum, the 513th Electronic Warfare Squadron stood up as a
April 29, 2010 AF panel likens DoD acquisition to contact sport The Defense Department's journey to recapture acquisition excellence took a big step forward during two days of discussions and workforce training held at Sinclair Community College here April 20-21.That was the assessment made by several senior leaders at the DoD Acquisition Insight Conference,
April 28, 2010 AFMC opens access to social media Air Force officials announced April 26 that Air Force Materiel Command is one of six Air Force commands to receive access to social media sites beginning May 1, with AFMC bases implementing the change at different times in the coming weeks.This initiative comes as part of the service's two-week
April 27, 2010 AFMC commander tells senior leaders to conserve resources, money Earth Day 2010 took on a special meaning for some 90 Air Force Materiel Command senior leaders here April 22.AFMC Commander Gen. Donald Hoffman took advantage of the command's semi-annual Senior Leaders Conference kicking off on Earth Day to highlight the importance of the command's resource
April 23, 2010 Boeing comes to McKinley Lab to test 787 The McKinley Climatic Lab here is hosting Boeing's newest passenger aircraft, the 787 Dreamliner, for two weeks of cold and hot weather testing.The new plane arrived at Eglin April 18 and was moved into the lab to begin its cold-weather testing with temperatures reaching negative 45 degrees
April 23, 2010 AFMC announces, honors annual enlisted award winners Air Force Materiel Command announced its top enlisted Airmen during the command's 2010 Annual Enlisted Awards Banquet April 22 at the Eglin Officers' Club.The theme for this year's banquet was 'Honoring Excellence, Celebrating Family,' chosen to highlight the Air Force's designation of the Year of
April 22, 2010 Republic of Korea Air Force Chief of Staff donates items to museum's Korean War exhibit General Lee Kae Hoon, Republic of Korea Air Force Chief of Staff, donated items to the National Museum of the United States Air Force during a visit on April 19. The items will be used in the museum's Korean War exhibit, which is being completely redesigned to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the
April 21, 2010 418 FLTS breaks record with heaviest airdrop Flight Test Nation delivered its latest aviation first when the 418th Flight Test Squadron set a record for the heaviest single payload ever extracted out of a C-17 during flight April 14. A 77,000 pound jumbo drop test vehicle was extracted out of a C-17A T-1 at 25,000 feet over the U.S. Army Yuma