• AFMC launches “AFMC We Need” initiative

    In an effort to make certain the Air Force Materiel Command is ideally structured and resourced to support the National Defense Strategy, AFMC leadership has launched an enterprise-wide initiative that will empower its Airmen and civilians to help shape the future of the command.

  • Air Force stands up Air Force Medical Readiness Agency

    In a ceremony Friday at the Defense Health Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia, the Air Force Medical Service stood up a new field operating agency, the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency.Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force Surgeon General, and Brig. Gen. Mark Koeniger, incoming AFMRA commander,

  • Long awaited launch of NASA’s GPIM mission to use AFRL-developed propellant

    ARLINGTON, Va. – NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) launched into space on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket early in the morning of June 25. GPIM will use, for the first time in space, a high-performance, environmentally benign “green” fuel developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory

  • AFIT's Center for Space Research and Assurance to host open house

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Institute of Technology’s Center for Space Research and Assurance will host an open house for students interested in astronautical engineering, space systems, hypersonics, software engineering or satellites.The event will be hosted July 17-18, at

  • Britton takes over as PEO for Presidential & Executive Airlift Directorate

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Brig. Gen. Ryan Britton took leadership of the Presidential & Executive Airlift Directorate during a June 17 ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.Britton replaced then Maj. Gen. Duke Richardson, who was recently promoted to lieutenant general and is now

  • Learn from the Pro's -- Working with Congress

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – For acquisition professionals interested in learning more about Congress, the budgetary process and where the Air Force fits in, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is hosting a training event designed to provide a behind-the-scenes view of the

  • AFLCMC industry engagement on growth curve

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Industry engagement is on a growth curve for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, drawing more people and needing more space to build stronger alliances to improve warfighter readiness.That growth curve was evident during AFLCMC’s 4th Annual Life Cycle

  • AFSAC welcomes new leader

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio –The Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate has a new director. Brig. Gen. Brian Bruckbauer assumed leadership of the organization in a recent change of leadership ceremony held at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Club. “This is a dream job

  • AFIT students inform Pentagon energy initiative as part of new course

    As part of a newly offered course at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), a small group of students determined energy-optimized flying conditions for Air Force fighter relocation missions, which are also known as coronets. Their work is helping to inform a Pentagon-led initiative that seeks