• National Agency Honors RZ Director for Tech Transfer Success

    His name may be on the award, but Mr. Douglas Bowers is quick to downplay his role in winning it. As the newly crowned Federal Laboratory Consortium Laboratory Director of the Year, Mr. Bowers, director of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Propulsion Directorate, is quick to give credit to the

  • President nominates Gen. Moore as new AFLCMC commander

    The President has nominated Air Force Materiel Command Vice Commander Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II for appointment as commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. The nomination was announced by Air Force officials Feb. 29, 2012. Pending Senate confirmation, General Moore will lead the new

  • AFLCMC planning tempo quickens

    The "champion" shepherding planning for the standup of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center says input from the workforce is critical for the proposed new organization to be successful.Col. Art Huber, vice commander of the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is

  • Early registration has advantages

    Anyone registering for the Air Force Marathon before March 17 will be automatically entered to win an All Access Prize Package.  "This is our third year for this contest, and we've had to move it from July to April and now March because the races keep filling up so fast. We didn't dare wait until

  • President nominates next AFMC commander, first female Air Force 4-star

    When the leadership of Air Force Materiel Command changes later this year, the command will be led by a familiar face who will make Air Force history when she takes the reins of AFMC.On Feb. 6, President Barack Obama nominated Lt. Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger to the rank of general, and as the next

  • AFMC, AFGE union officials reach labor agreement

    -- Senior leaders from the American Federation of Government Employees Council 214 and Air Force Materiel Command have completed negotiations on a new master labor agreement that will affect approximately 35,000 of the command's civilian employees.Scott Blanch, AFGE Council 214 president, and Gen.

  • Wright-Patt volunteers a hit with local civic organization

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base received the President's Volunteer Service Award at the Habitat for Humanity volunteer celebration Jan. 19. The base was one of three organizations to take top group honors at the annual award event, held at the America's Packard Museum in downtown Dayton. Maj. Lee

  • Air Force announces workforce restructure

    Air Force officials announced 4,500 additional positions for elimination as a continuation of its FY12 Civilian Workforce Restructure. This reduction builds on the realignments announced in November, including the elimination of 9000 positions and the addition of 5900 positions against the Air

  • Observatory Construction Awarded

    The Improved Solar Optical Observing Network (ISOON) contract for construction at Kirtland AFB was awarded to GranCor Construction on July 1, 2011.The Improved Solar Observing Optical Network (ISOON) is collaboration between the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate, the Air Force