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  • Commander shares information, ideas with AFMC's community leaders

    Gen. Donald Hoffman, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, meets with his Community Liaison Program members March 30, 2011, at command headquarters. A key discussion item for the group included Air Force efficiencies. Among those at the meeting were (from left) Alis Odenthal, representing Edwards

  • AFMC bases implement single source staffing process

    Beginning April 25, all Air Force Materiel Command bases and Hurlburt Field, Fla., will implement the USAJobs single source job application process currently used to fill civilian positions at all Air Force bases except Luke AFB Ariz. Officials will inform Air Force employees when Luke AFB

  • AEDC to host Tennessee Tech alumni luncheon

    Local Tennessee Technological University (TTU) alumni are hoping to break their own attendance record when they meet May 4 at Arnold AFB's Arnold Lakeside Center (ALC) from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.During the last event held May 14, 2009, the local group set the record for the largest alumni

  • Change of command coming in July at Arnold AFB

    Arnold Air Force Base will have a new commander in July 2011.Col. Michael T. Brewer, commander of the 46th Test Wing, Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB, Fla., is scheduled to report to Arnold in July to take over from current commander Col. Michael Panarisi, who is heading to Eglin AFB to serve as the

  • Ways to increase energy efficiency explored at AEDC

    It's an unavoidable cost of doing business: in order to fulfill Arnold Engineering Development Center's mission, the base has to consume power - at times, a massive amount of it.That's why AEDC workers are actively working to lessen the energy use and ultimately the cost of the rigorous testing that

  • Edward R. Greer to speak at 2011 AEDC Fellows Banquet

    Edward R. Greer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E), will deliver the keynote address at the 2011 AEDC Fellows Banquet.The banquet will take place June 24 at the Arnold Lakeside Center.Greer was sworn in as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for

  • Back from the war: AFMC commander refines support priorities

    When asked if he returned home with a to-do list after visiting select Pacific Air Forces bases and Afghanistan, Gen. Donald Hoffman thumbed through a quarter-inch stack of papers before citing several examples during a March 25, 2011, interview."The purpose of this trip was not to solve