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  • Software development experts from Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Detachment 12, Kessel Run, discuss their path to production for digital applications during a virtual Ask Me Anything July 30. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Kessel Run is an Air Force software development unit known for its agile processes. (U.S. Air Force photo by K. Houston Waters)

    Kessel Run panel talks path to production

    Kessel Run experts detail their path to production for digital applications during a virtual question and answer July 30.
  • A Transport Isolation System unit used to transport COVID-19 patients is positioned on a C-17 Globemaster III, June 26, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Two TIS units are located at Dover, which serves as the U.S. East Coast hub due to its location and support facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

    Air Force surgeon general talks about COVID-19, innovation, leadership

    Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, accompanied by Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, Air Force Surgeon General chief of medical operations, toured and learned about the Transport Isolation System aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, June 26.
  • Brig. Gen. Matthew Higer, 412th Test Wing Commander, transfers leadership of Operating Location Air Force Plant 42 to Dr. David Smith during a Change of Leadership Ceremony at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. (Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)

    Plant 42 changes leadership

    Air Force Operating Location Air Force Plant 42 changed leadership hands during a Change of Leadership Ceremony at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, July 1.

  • Colonel practices Excellence through Servant Leadership

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) -- One of the Air Force’s ongoing challenges in the information age, has been how to ensure its myriad of weapon systems continue to function effectively within increasingly cyber contested environments. After all, if adversaries somehow manage to disrupt or stop your equipment from working during conflicts, it

  • DAF ACT contracting executes N95 mask production for DoD

    The Department of the Air Force’s Acquisition COVID-19 Task Force (DAF-ACT) executed a $126 million contract on May 1 for expanded production of N95 masks—26 million per month—starting in October. The contract, awarded to 3M, will increase the supply chain of N95 masks and resupply the Strategic National Stockpile following increased demand due to COVID-19.
  • ABMS virtual industry day

    Virtual ABMS Industry Day seeks innovative, future-focused ideas

    The Department of the Air Force Chief Architect Integration and Execution Office is holding a Virtual Industry Day, May 13 on behalf of both the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force enterprise.
  • Jon McGugin, AFLCMC Contract Writing System Support Section Chief, demonstrates using ConWrite remotely while teleworking. The two solutions have allowed the directorate to be fully mission capable and functioning at the same rate as last year when everyone was in the office. (courtesy photo)

    Contracting finds remote solution to accomplish mission

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – Contracting experts here and at Hanscom AFB found two solutions to a long-standing limitation that allowed full mission execution despite distributed operations.The final proof is contracting actions are on the same pace as last year without any slowing due to teleworking, according to Jay Olson, Chief of
  • B-52

    Air Force realigns Program Executive Officers

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) -- In the coming months, the Air Force will restructure portions of its acquisition mission area to better provide unsurpassed capabilities and support to the Joint Forces and our International Partners.  The Air Force Materiel Command’s Air Force Life Cycle Management Center will split Fighters and Bombers
  • AFOTEC’s Detachment 2 test team, lead by Maj. Phillip Hoyt, is at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina testing the Portable Bio-Containment Module (PBCM) on airworthiness requirements on the C-17 aircraft along with several other key areas during this Joint Urgent Operational Need testing event. PBCM is an existing capability currently being used by the Department of State. With the urgent need to transport as many as 4,000 American citizens from overseas per month, PBCM is one of many options the Air Force is considering to transport infectious patients. This testing is just one of a series of testing that AFOTEC is conducting to support the current COVID-19 pandemic.

    Testers unite in solution to transport COVID-19 patients

    The Portable Bio-Chemical Module is one of several options AF is considering to transport infectious patients.
  • AFLCMC commander talks state of the center

    Center commander talks changes and challenges

    The commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center spoke about the Center’s mission, challenges it’s facing, along with the future of the Air Force overall during a State of the Center address Feb. 10.
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