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  • AEDC engineers contribute to MTSU’s WISE panel discussion, outreach effort

    Two of AEDC's engineers figured prominently in a recent Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (WISTEM) panel discussion hosted by and held at the Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross, MTSU's WISTEM Center director and chemistry professor,

  • Enlisted corps honors AFMC commander with Order of the Sword

    Taking part in an evening filled with pageantry and steeped in military tradition, Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Donald Hoffman was inducted into the AFMC Order of the Sword during a March 30, 2012, ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force."This honor tonight certainly is

  • AFMC commander talks warfighter input, tactical refinements after AOR trip

    Positive warfighter feedback and a shorter to-do list were among the predominant characteristics of a recent trip made by command senior leaders to the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility, said Gen. Donald Hoffman during a March 26 interview."I can't say that I got any negative feedback

  • 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