• AFLCMC commander meets with base personnel

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is tasked with one overriding mission: meet the warfighter's needs with effective, affordable, on-time solutions, Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II, commander of the AFLCMC, said during a "town hall" meeting recently at Tinker Air Force Base.The AFLCMC was established

  • PEO talks about priorities for Business and Enterprise Systems

    The program executive officer for Business and Enterprise Systems, Maxwell AFB-Gunter Annex, Ala., shared some of his mission objectives and insights about his position during an industry meeting here Oct. 10.Robert Carl "Shof" Shofner, speaking at the Hanscom Representatives Association, said until

  • AFRL officer creates free iPhone deployment app

    The Apple Corp. now features a free application that an Air Force Research Laboratory officer created in his spare time. The app, called "iDeploy" and available through iTunes, serves family, friends and military members as a deployment countdown timer for iPhones, iPads and iPods. Maj. Torrey

  • Strategic sourcing solution demonstrates AF-wide benefits

    The Enterprise Sourcing Group at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has transformed the airfields across the Air Force by replacing the incandescent taxiway fixtures to light emitting diode (LED) taxiway fixtures, through a strategic sourcing initiative. This multiple award contract was awarded 4 Aug

  • Information Technology Complex unveiled

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) unveiled the new, $33 million Information Technology Complex (ITC), Bldg. 802, 2302 8th St., Area B, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, at an official ribbon cutting ceremony Oct. 5, presided over by Lt. Gen. C. D. Moore II, AFLCMC commander. The

  • State Route 444 reroute project in full swing

    The traffic pattern for Area A at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is undergoing a dramatic change with the Oct. 9 closure of a portion of State Route 444, consolidating several gates and affecting access to Kittyhawk Center.Concrete barriers have been put in place at the north and south ends of the

  • Portion of State Route 444 to close Oct. 9

    Traffic flow for a key portion of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is about to be forever changed with the Oct. 9 closure of a portion of State Route 444 that currently bisects Area A. Fred Tito, a design manager in the 88 Civil Engineer Directorate and manager of the project, said drivers will be

  • Wright-Patt programs utilize 'out-of-the-box' thinking, collaboration

    Two key programs at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are collaborating to combat domestic violence and sexual assaults. The Sexual Assault Response Prevention and Response Program (SAPR) and the Family Advocacy Prevention/Outreach Program (FAP) are working together to promote the notable observed

  • Foreign Military Sales a billion-dollar business

    Foreign Military Sales are big business to the U.S. Air Force.Brig. Gen. James Haywood, director of the Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the overall administrator of a $128.3 billion portfolio supporting Foreign Military Sales to

  • Colonel highlights importance of open systems

    The role of open architecture in the next generation of battle management command and control weapon systems was the main topic during the North Suburban Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Council meeting Oct. 1 at the Doubletree Bedford Glen Hotel here.Col. Scott Owens, Theater Battle Control