• 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

  • Command seeks members for AFMC marathon team

    Air Force Materiel Command is currently seeking members for its command Air Force Marathon team.A total of 10 active-duty members will be selected to participate. Three male and two female runners will be selected for both the full-marathon and half-marathon races.Individuals interested in

  • 2011 AFIT Graduation

    More than 1,200 family members and friends gathered March 24 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force to watch 230 Air Force Institute of Technology engineering and management students receive their degrees.Maj. Gen. Walter D. Givhan, AFIT commandant, began the ceremony with a verbal

  • AFMC Freedom's Call Tattoo set for June 24

    With less than three months to go, let the countdown to one of southwest Ohio's largest summer celebrations begin.Air Force Materiel Command Freedom's Call Tattoo will be Friday, June 24. Now in its seventh year, the free show highlights Air Force people and capabilities and is designed to show

  • World Trade Center steel arrives to southwest Ohio

    Officials held a ceremony in Fairborn, Ohio March 25 to mark the arrival of a 12-foot-long steel beam from the World Trade Center in New York City, which is destined to become a memorial to first responders and victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.U.S. Representative Steve Austria of Ohio's 7th

  • Jobs Fair April 13 at Hope Hotel

    Job seekers may want to spruce up their resumes to ready for the semi-annual Job Fair Wednesday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hope Hotel here.This event is open to active duty and reserve members from all military services, veterans, retirees, civil service employees and their family

  • Early registration has advantages

    Anyone registering for the Air Force Marathon before April 30 will be automatically entered to win an All Access Prize Package. "We did this contest last year in July and it was a huge hit, but this year the races are filling up so fast that we didn't dare wait until then," said Molly Louden, Air

  • 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

  • X-51A Waverider flight test postponed

    The Air Force elected not to launch the X-51A Waverider during a planned March 24 hypersonic flight test at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.An Air Force Flight Test Center B-52 bomber departed Edwards AFB carrying the X-51A shortly before 9 a.m. Pacific Time and flew as planned to the designated