June 21, 2019 Views from the fishbowl: getting to know the new AFMC commander The first thing that Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr. placed on his desk when he arrived at the Air Force Materiel Command headquarters was not a nameplate, laptop or a to-do list for his first few days in office.Rather, it was a clear glass fishbowl containing a single orange goldfish with wide eyes
June 20, 2019 Around the Air Force Sustainment Center: Ingenuity under pressure Bimonthly exercises keep the 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group’s Expeditionary Depot Maintenance Airmen ready to perform aircraft battle damage repair anytime and anywhere.The exercises strengthen the unit’s capability of deploying a highly trained and flexible mobile force to rapidly assess and
June 14, 2019 Filcek takes command of 72nd ABW Sometimes change can be hard, but it can also be positive.On June 7, the 72nd Air Base Wing welcomed incoming Commander Col. Paul Filcek during a Change of Command Ceremony at the Tinker Event Center. Filcek assumed command of the wing from Col. Kenyon Bell.About 400 people, including friends,
June 7, 2019 Teamwork: AFSC summit brings together maintenance leaders as ‘tour de force’ About 50 senior leaders and subject matter experts from Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, Hill AFB, Utah, and Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, gathered at the Robins Conference Center May 7-9 for the 2019 Air Force Sustainment Center Aircraft Maintenance Group Summit.The group, which
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: