• Air Force museum not selected to receive space shuttle orbiter

    NASA officials announced April 12, 2011, that the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force was not selected to receive any of the operational shuttles or the gliding prototype Enterprise. "The Air Force respects NASA's decision and the museum will move forward with its plans for a new fourth building

  • Budget Deal Avoids Government Shutdown

    Less than an hour before the federal government would have been forced to shut down, President Barack Obama announced that leaders in both parties had reached a budget agreement."Tomorrow, I'm pleased to announce, that the Washington Monument, as well as the entire federal government, will be open

  • AFRL Commander Keynote Speaker at EUCOM i3T Conference in Berlin

     Major General Ellen Pawlikowski, Commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), was an invited keynote speaker at the recent US European Command's i3T (Information, Innovation, Integration and Technology) conference in Berlin, Germany. The event brought together military and civilian

  • Air Force Issues Guidelines for Green Fleece

    Additional new guidance has just been released from the office of Manpower, Personnel and Services (AF/A1), Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, regarding wear of the authorized Sage Green Fleece outer-garment.According to a message issued by AF/A1, "The Sage Green Fleece Jacket, commonly known

  • 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