AFSC News

  • Medical readiness remains priority at Robins

    Robins has achieved its highest ever individual medical readiness rate - 83.3 percent - which places it among the top of Air Force Materiel Command bases. The IMR status allows commanders, at any given time, to see how many of their personnel are medically healthy and fit to deploy. The rate

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Air Force leaders deliver budget guidance to force

     Air Force leaders delivered guidance to the force recently, telling them to begin planning for the uncertain budget environment ahead, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley said Jan. 11 in a press briefing."Even though we're not presuming this worst case will occur, prudent planning for the

  • 75th ABW Change of Command

    Col. Kathryn Kolbe assumed command of the 75th Air Base Wing on Jan. 11 in a ceremony officiated by Lt. Gen. Bruce Litchfield, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, in Hanger 37. The ceremony followed a historic year of change as the air base wing saw the Air Force Materiel Command's

  • Robins C-130 PDM team receives Mason Award

    The Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex's C-130 Programmed Depot Maintenance team was presented with the Robert T. Mason Excellence Award for its work on the C-130 aircraft. The team increased C-130 aircraft availability by returning 64 aircraft to operating units, reduced in-progress work from 41

  • Robins continues to grow recycling program

    Everyone can play a part when it comes to recycling materials. The Qualified Recycling Program at Robins has three sources of income - those generated from the Happy Hour Service Center in Warner Robins, QRP scrap metal operations and the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Service. In fiscal 2012,

  • Col. Kolbe takes over 75th ABW

    Col. Kathryn Kolbe took command of the 75th Air Base Wing here during a change of command ceremony officiated by Air Force Sustainment Center commander, Lt. Gen. Bruce Litchfield, Jan. 11. Colonel Kolbe took over for Col. Zarah Zabel. Colonel Kolbe has been at Hill AFB for two years, serving as the

  • F119 project test run wraps up

     For team members of the Tinker-Pratt & Whitney F119 engine partnership, Dec. 7 was a big day. The 4325 workload, a 21-month project test-run, wrapped and was deemed a success.In March 2011, Tinker welcomed a full F119 fifth-generation compass-vector engine. Over the course of the 21 months, the

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