Top AF leaders convene for quarterly council meeting

Gen. Carrol H. "Howie" Chandler (left), Pacific Air Forces commander, chats with Gen. Arthur J. Lichte (center), commander of Air Mobility Command, during a break at the Air Force Process Council quarterly meeting. The council met Nov. 20 at Air Force Materiel Command headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. In the foreground, Gen. Bruce Carlson, AFMC commander, reviews notes before the meeting resumes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Formal retreat honors retiring AFMC commander

Members of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Honor Guard lower the flag during a formal retreat ceremony in honor of Gen. Bruce Carlson, Air Force Materiel Command commander Nov. 18. The event included a mixed, four-ship flyover of F-15s and F-16s from Eglin AFB, Fla. General Carlson is retiring from the Air Force after 37 years of service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Al Bright)

Air Force chief of staff visits Arnold

Randy Quinn describes the J-6 Rocket Motor Test Facility to Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz and Maj. Gen. Marshall K. "Keye" Sabol Nov. 17 at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. General Sabol is the Strategic Plans, Programs and Analyses director at Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Mr. Quinn is the Rocket Propulsion Flight lead. (U.S. Air Force photo/David Housch)

AFPC boss meets with personnel counterparts at Wright-Patt

Maj. Gen. K.C. McClain, commander of the Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas discusses consolidation of personnel functions with military and civilian personnel officials from the 88th Mission Support Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Nov. 13. Maj. Gen. McClain and AFPC’s Spread the Word briefing team visited Wright-Patt Nov. 12 – 14 to update the base workforce on personnel changes and to hear their concerns first hand. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Helping Spread the Word

1st Lt. David Diercks, a contracts negotiator with Aeronautical System Center’s 577th Aeronautical Systems Group, provides his reaction to the Air Force Personnel Center Spread the Word briefing team visit to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Maj. Gen. K.C. McClain, Air Force Personnel Center commander, and her team visited Wright-Patt Nov. 12 – 14 to update the workforce on personnel changes and to seek feedback on the concerns of base Airmen and civilian employees. Diercks highlighted high deployment tempo Air Force contracting officers face supporting joint operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Spread the Word team comes to Wright-Patt

The Air Force Personnel Center Spread the Word briefing team speaks to a packed house at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Auditorium Nov 13. Maj. Gen. K.C. McClain, Air Force Personnel Center commander, and her team visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Nov. 12 – 14 to update the workforce on personnel changes and to seek feedback on the concerns of base Airmen and civilian employees. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)