Air Force Sustainment Center

Oct. 26, 2016
QF-4 mission nearly complete

The QF-4 Aerial Target mission is winding down and two of the aircraft visited here Oct. 25 so that those who have supported F-4 Phantom IIs over the years could see them one last time.
Oct. 20, 2016
Materiel Maintenance Group unfurls new flags during re-designation

Airmen from 49th Materiel Maintenance Group here sheathed the guidon for the 49th MMG and unfurled a new banner at a re-designation ceremony marking the group’s re-designation to the 635th MMG on Oct. 20
Oct. 13, 2016
Robins saves $1.2 million – injury compensation hits 15-year low

For the third straight year, Robins has achieved significant savings from decreased costs of workers’ compensation claims. A total of $1.2 million was saved from the last chargeback year, from July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2016. That total represented 21 percent of the Air Force’s total $5.6 million
Oct. 7, 2016
Making a pledge

On Oct. 7, Air Force Sustainment Center senior leaders take time to fill in their pledge cards to signal the start of the Combined Federal Campaign, which began Oct. 3 and runs through Nov. 17. Filling in their pledge cards are Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II, AFSC commander, center, Brig. Gen. Tom Miller,
Oct. 7, 2016
T-38 maintenance unit finds efficiencies with mobile shelving

We all face a problem of needing more space from time-to-time.The 575th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Randolph AFB, Texas, faced such a problem, but proactively sought a solution that that would impact its aircraft maintenance production line in a positive way.The 575th AMXS is home to the Air
Sept. 30, 2016
Thunder Over Georgia Air Show this weekend

The 2016 Thunder Over Georgia Air Show will roar into Middle Georgia to the delight of thousands this Saturday and Sunday.Headlining the event will be “America’s Ambassadors in Blue,” the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. Their last visit here was in 2009. “We’re very excited about this event,” Col.
Sept. 30, 2016
Popular social media trend may violate DOD regulations

A young woman paced herself as she ran around her neighborhood, her breath visible as the brisk morning air cycled through her lungs, the wind blowing her hair back, and her cheeks stinging from the elements. She dodged people walking their dogs, trash cans left out for pickup, and finally reached a
Sept. 29, 2016
309th EMXG receives DOD VPP award

Lots of firsts are happening at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, in 2016 and it has happened again. The Ogden Air Logistics Complex’s 309th Electronics Maintenance Group has come away with the first-ever 2016 Department of Defense Voluntary Protection Program Group Achievement Award.
Sept. 29, 2016
Out of the Boneyard, Into the Fight: Ghost Rider Flies Again

He said it was something he never thought he’d see again. The B-52H Stratofortress screamed across the blue North Dakota sky above Minot Air Force Base before coming in to land.“I saw it at the boneyard and figured that’s the end of that era,” said Robert Crane, 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron
Sept. 27, 2016
‘Ghost Rider’ in the sky: B-52H departs Tinker in historic flight

The first B-52H Stratofortress to be resurrected from the nation’s aircraft reservoir to rejoin the active bomber fleet soared off Sept. 27 from Tinker Air Force Base. The historic flight of tail number 61-007, known as “Ghost Rider” on its nose art, marked the end of the warbird’s 19-month