• Center commander updates progress during State of LCMC

    Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, highlighted progress, challenges and the importance of Hanscom to the Center during the first "State of LCMC" at the Marriott Hotel here Feb. 12.Mentioning Department of Defense strategic guidance, Moore told the crowd that

  • Jeff Galloway to speak at Air Force Marathon Expo

    Jeff Galloway, 1972 Olympian and world-class athlete, will speak at the 2013 Air Force Marathon as the featured speaker. Mr. Galloway broke the U.S. 10-mile record in 1973, has a six-mile best of 27:21 and has won countless marathons across the world. He also founded the popular Galloway Marathon

  • NASIC 'ALIENS' voted best hydration station for second year

    The 2012 Air Force Marathon runners have voted and named the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) hydration station as the best for 2012. This is the second year in a row that the NASIC-sponsored station has won. Runners are invited to vote for their favorite station after the

  • All Access Contest offers chance to win VIP parking

    Anyone registering for the 2013 Air Force Marathon before February 28 will be automatically entered for a chance to win one of our All Access Prize Packages. "This is the fourth year we've had this contest," said Robert Aguiar, Air Force Marathon Race Director, "We are filling up faster this year

  • ‘Life Cycle Thrust' directorate making a name throughout command

    In six months, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Propulsion Directorate has come into its own. Emphasizing the motto, "Life Cycle Thrust," the directorate prides itself on a new way of doing business.Introduced by Air Force Materiel Command in the summer of 2012, the propulsion

  • KC-135 tankers get a boost from innovative, fuel-saving engines

    Some decades-old KC-135 Stratotanker are drinking from the fountain of youth -- or at least the engines are.Airmen installed the first of 1,440 upgraded Stratotanker engines at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 15. The 1970s engine parts will be replaced with modern engines that burn less fuel and

  • F-35 training 'Year of execution' in review

    This time last year, the 33rd Fighter Wing stood up its Marine squadron with a fleet of aircraft with the thought 2012 would be their "year of execution."Air Force F-35 Lightning IIs stationed here would take off for their first of hundreds of sorties that year once they had their military flight

  • Air Force begins testing new pod capability

    The Air Force completed testing this month on a flying wireless router to ground troops with almost instantaneous communications. The biggest difference between the router in most homes and the new flying router... the Air Force's version is attached to a 30mm Gatling gun.The flying router is a new

  • New vision and mission to guide AFMC

    New vision and mission statements are at the foundation of a new command strategy designed to ensure Air Force Materiel Command continues to deliver preeminent support to the warfighter.The command's vision is "one team, delivering capabilities to fly, fight and win ...today and tomorrow." AFMC will

  • AFMC outlines near-term budgetary guidance

    The budgetary uncertainties currently facing the Department of Defense, combined with a projected $1.8 billion shortfall in Air Force funding for overseas contingency operations, require prudent steps to mitigate budget execution risks, according to Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, Air Force Materiel