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May 30, 2018
Command meets its cost-savings objective for second fiscal year in a row

Air Force Materiel Command captured more than $2.5 billion in cost savings for fiscal year 2017, the second fiscal year in a row the command has achieved its strategic savings objective.
May 25, 2018
STEM City planned for Hill air, space show

On June 23-24, Hill Air Force Base with the tremendous support from The Utah Air Show Foundation, will host the “Warriors Over the Wasatch: The Legacy Continues” Air and Space Show and feature U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. In addition to the numerous world-class aerial acts and wide variety of static
May 22, 2018
One E-8C JSTARS to undergo organic depot maintenance

The Air Force plans to bring an E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, better known as JSTARS, into the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robins AFB, Georgia, for Programmed Depot Maintenance by Summer 2018. The move would increase PDM capacity by demonstrating an organic
May 15, 2018
Hill engine shop reaches a milestone in engine restoration for the F-35 Lightning II

Over a three-day weekend, the team of recently certified propulsion technicians volunteered to work overtime to perform intermediate-level maintenance and replace the F135 fan module.
May 3, 2018
F-16 Service Life Extension Program a ‘great deal’ for Department of Defense, taxpayers

An Air Force Thunderbird jet is the first of what will be roughly 300 refurbished C and D model F-16’s that will roll off the shop floor of the 573rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here after receiving multiple structure-strengthening modifications.
April 30, 2018
Innovating compressor blade inspection

Blade defects decrease engine efficiency and power, while increasing fuel burn (specific fuel consumption) and exhaust gas temperature (EGT) - resulting in higher maintenance costs, and decreased aircraft availability. Additionally, defective compressor blades can pose a safety threat if not
March 8, 2018
AFSC leaders visit Veterans Center

Air Force Sustainment Center Commander Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II poses a question to the Norman Veterans Center military panel during a Feb. 28, 2018, visit to the center in Norman, Oklahoma. The 15-member panel frequently visits area schools to share their military experiences and life lessons with
Feb. 20, 2018
More C-130s coming to Robins!

The Navy’s C-130 programmed depot maintenance workload currently being done at Hill Air Force Base, Utah by the Ogden Air Logistics Complex will begin to transition to the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex in June.
Jan. 30, 2018
Sustaining the Ogden ALC, F-16 relationship

Though Hill’s operational F-16s have departed, the Ogden Air Logistics Complex continues to sustain and fly one of the world’s most widely recognized and widely used fighter aircraft ever to take to the skies, with ongoing regeneration, depot-level maintenance and modifications on C and D model
Jan. 10, 2018
2018 AFSC Commander's Summit held at Tinker Air Force Base

Commanders from across the Air Force Sustainment Center spent Jan. 9 and 10 at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., at the 2018 AFSC Commander’s Summit. During the two-day event, the group discussed several topics concerning AFSC such as manpower and hiring, budget execution and energy savings. Pictured