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  • AFMC leaders plan toward summer stand-up of new centers

    Implementation details of the Air Force Materiel Command's restructure were refined when commanders and senior civilians from across AFMC gathered here for their annual Senior Leader Conference March 27 to 29, 2012.The focus of the conference was detailed planning on the command initiative to reduce

  • AFMC book commemorates command’s 20th anniversary

    Air Force Materiel Command officials have released the command's limited-edition anniversary book, highlighting AFMC's 20 years of providing expeditionary capabilities to the warfighter.The release of this commemorative book, entitled 'Air Force Materiel Command: 20 Years of Warfighter Support,'

  • AFMC announces, honors annual enlisted award winners

    Air Force Materiel Command announced its top enlisted Airmen of 2011 during the command's Annual Enlisted Awards Banquet March 29, 2012, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.More than 350 family members, friends, wingmen and command officials gathered in the modern flight gallery of

  • AEDC's Tunnel 9 is the site of unique program debut

    On Jan. 31, a kickoff event was held at AEDC's White Oak site in Silver Spring, Md., for a new and innovative program sponsored by the Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). According to Dan Marren, White Oak site director, this program,

  • Longtime chaplain provides AEDC pastoral ministry

    Martin Nutter, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve who has been attached to Arnold AFB for 24 years, prefers to be called "chaplain" as opposed to his rank. He also goes by "Marty."From baptisms to weddings and funerals, Nutter said he counts it an honor to serve "the Lord, the

  • Air Force expands drug testing program to include prescription drugs

    The Air Force and other military services will expand their drug testing to include testing for commonly abused prescription drugs beginning May 1, 2012.On Jan. 31, 2012, the Secretary of Defense gave a 90-day advance notice of the drug testing expansion which aims to counter the nation's growing

  • AFMC creates Governance Structure to oversee reorganization

    Air Force Materiel Command is using a dedicated process to guide the command's planned restructure from 12 centers to five.According to a charter approved by AFMC Commander Gen. Donald Hoffman, the AFMC Reorganization Implementation Governance Structure guides the development, coordination,

  • Students put skills to the test in design competition

    The idea of creating an elevator that can reach space is daunting enough. Doing it with materials that may have been worth less than the box they came in is even more so.But several area high school students took on the task at this year's Student Design Competition, held at the Hands-On Science