June 5, 2019 Load 'em up: F-35A from A to B? Ask Fanter AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- How do you pack an F-35A into a C-17? Or move nearly 300 Airmen, and all the equipment, to support 12 aircraft around Europe for two months? Or make sure you have enough of everything that you’ll need, and almost nothing that you don’t?For nearly 5 years at Hill Air Force
May 24, 2019 Bunch to command AFMC Lt. Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr. will become the next commander of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
May 23, 2019 New 72nd Air Base Wing commander announced Air Force Sustainment Center Commander Lt. Gen. Gene Kirkland announces Col. Paul Filcek as the incoming commander of the 72nd Air Base Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.Filcek, who is currently vice commander of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, will assume command during a ceremony June
May 23, 2019 Memorial Day A time for remembrance Teammates,Last month, with the passing of Lt. Col. Dick Cole, the last of the Doolittle Raiders, we were reminded of the extent of bravery and sacrifice required of all Airmen. Colonel Cole, along with his brothers-in-arms, flew their B-25s off an aircraft carrier on a one-way mission to Japan just
April 17, 2019 New software development system saves time, money and benefits warfighter Software engineers in the 517th Software Engineering Squadron have developed a new workflow system and software development methodology to significantly reduce the time it takes to deliver software to customers.
April 9, 2019 Soothsayers: Software group utilizing tools to predict parts failure Turns out a crystal ball isn’t necessary for seeing the future. Certainly not in the 402nd Software Maintenance Group where modern software tools are enabling units of the group to predict when an aircraft part will fail before it actually happens. The art is called Preventive Maintenance. The idea:
April 5, 2019 Oklahoma commanders gather at summit to crosstalk issues, opportunities Military commanders from across the state have a better understanding of shared challenges and opportunities after meeting for the Oklahoma Commanders Summit at Tinker Air Force Base March 26.Leaders from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Air National Guard, along with civilian representatives from
April 1, 2019 Hill to premiere Air Force ad about resiliency In the ongoing effort by the Air Force to encourage Airmen to seek help when they need it, the community action team at Hill Air Force Base is making a difference.
April 1, 2019 A Choreographed Dance: New press to cut downtime, ensure efficiency Sometimes you’ve got to get up early in the morning to see what Team Robins goes through to put new equipment in place.That was the case March 22, 2019 when a new fluid cell press – used to shape sheet metal into the angles and curves of the skin of aircraft – was delivered to the base at 3 a.m.