April 25, 2023 First E-11A BACN arrives at Robins An E-11A BACN, Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, arrived on April 24, 2023, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The arrival of the first BACN, often pronounced bacon, established one of the four new mission sets coming to Robins AFB, and falls under the newly activated 18th Airborne Command
March 8, 2023 AFRL researchers contribute to prestigious scientific journal ACS Nano A team of Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, researchers partnered with Pennsylvania State University to publish an article in the February 2023 issue of the prestigious scientific journal ACS Nano.
March 1, 2023 AFMC executive directors take meetings on the road The senior civilian leaders at the Air Force Materiel Command took their quarterly business meeting to a new location for the first time: on the road to a subordinate center. Lorna Estep, AFMC executive director, said this was an opportunity for herself and the six center executive directors to
Dec. 20, 2022 AFRL division wins award for cold spray robot The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, teamed with the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute to win the Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award at the 2022 Defense Manufacturing Conference for the creation of an augmented reality-enabled cold spray robot, nicknamed
Dec. 16, 2022 Maj. Gen. von Hoffman visits Arnold AFB Kris Hughes, deputy base civil engineer for Arnold Air Force Base, speaks with Maj. Gen. C. McCauley von Hoffman, director of Logistics, Civil Engineering, Force Protection and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, about the Primary Pumping Station during her visit to Arnold
Dec. 1, 2022 AFRL accepting applications for fully funded graduate internship program The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is accepting applications now through Jan. 20, 2023, for a fully funded, world-class graduate student internship program here. Applicants must U.S. citizens who are currently enrolled full-time in a graduate-level Master of Science or Ph.D. program at an
Nov. 28, 2022 AFRL teams with industry to expand alternative natural rubber supply The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, launched a multimillion-dollar, multiyear program with BioMADE, Farmed Materials and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 2022 to develop a domestic source of natural rubber from a specific species of dandelion.
Nov. 17, 2022 AFMC Civic Leader trip gives insight to missions, supports partnerships Fourteen Air Force Materiel Command civic leaders joined AFMC Commander, Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, on a visit to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona and Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico Nov. 6- 10, where they learned about key missions across the enterprise.
Nov. 14, 2022 AFMC civic leaders visit Kirtland Air Force Base Fourteen Air Force Materiel Command civic leaders joined AFMC Commander, Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, on a visit to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, where they learned about key AFMC missions at the installation.The trip was
Aug. 4, 2022 Secretary of the Air Force receives F-35 engine update at Tinker AFB Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall visited Tinker Air Force Base on July 28th for an update on the base’s support to the F-35 Lightning engine program.