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  • Air Force realigns Program Executive Officers

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) -- In the coming months, the Air Force will restructure portions of its acquisition mission area to better provide unsurpassed capabilities and support to the Joint Forces and our International Partners.  The Air Force Materiel Command’s Air Force Life Cycle

  • Software innovations makes F-16 more capable

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – F-16 Operational Flight Program (OFP) M-series 7.2+ was released in April 2020 to more than 600 Block 40/42/50/52 F-16s delivering a wide range of new capabilities to the Fighting Falcon.    The $455 million program fielded major capability upgrades such as the

  • Faster, smarter: virtual hiring fair recruits STEM talent

    In conjunction with the Air Force Personnel Center, the Air Force Materiel Command held a virtual hiring fair April 23, to fill open science, technology, engineering and mathematics positions across the command. This was the third virtual hiring event held by AFMC over the past year, part of an

  • PMRT Contributes to COVID-19 Relief Efforts

    The dominating story of 2020 is the devastating global effects of COVID-19. While the world searches for remedies to this pandemic, several members of the BES team are doing their part in the fight against this virus.Recently, we spoke with James McCormack of Project Management Resources Tools

  • 2020 CNS/ATM Working Group update

    Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management Center of Excellence has canceled its in-person 2020 CNS/ATM Working Group.

  • Air Force partners with NIAR to create B-1B "digital twin"

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – A new research effort will create a virtual B-1B that could help the Air Force predict the future of these supersonic bombers.    The AFLCMC B-1 Division is sponsoring a research project with Wichita State University’s National Institute of Aviation Research

  • AFLCMC led team delivers isolation container prototype for testing

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AFLCMC) – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s, Air Force CBRN Defense Systems Branch (AFLCMC/WNU) partnered with the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (JPEO CBRND), along with many other organizations

  • Secretary Barrett views AFMC missions in action during COVID-19

    Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett paid a surprise visit to Air Force Materiel Command Airmen executing critical mission activities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, April 21. The visit provided an opportunity to highlight the countless ways AFMC Airmen are supporting the

  • AFLCMC led team conducts airflow test on C-17

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. – Members of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s C-17 Program Office located here, collaborated with a team from the 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES), as well as the 437th Airlift Wing, to conduct several interior airflow tests on a C-17 aircraft at Joint