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  • Committee officers help lead OSHR safety efforts

    Dave Everett, Otis Eady and Mitch Kendrick would be the first to tell you it's a team effort. But Catherine Plunkett, director of the Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) Safety and Health Group (SHG), recently singled out these men for spearheading a number of successful safety initiatives by the

  • AEDC engineers support 'airstart' testing at Edwards Air Force Base

    Test pilots at Edwards AFB, Calif., have successfully performed "airstarts" on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter over the last few weeks, an important milestone in opening up the aircraft's test syllabus, according to a Lockheed Martin test pilot.During an in-flight "airstart" the pilot secures power to

  • Daddy-Daughter Dance proves to be popular event at AEDC

    Dozens of fathers and daughters turned out for the first ever Daddy-Daughter Dance at Arnold Engineering Development Center, March 23. The event was held at the Arnold Lakeside Center and was hosted by Arnold Youth Programs. Although the event was limited to base employees who sponsored a child, the

  • 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