• Tanker PEO highlights guiding principles and tips for success

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFLCMC) – Leading successful teams, solving challenging problems and providing warfighters with the capabilities they need, has defined Brig. Gen. John Newberry over the course of his 26 year career.Tapped last year to be the Program Executive Officer for the

  • AFLCMC delivers C-37B early

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center on March 25 delivered the latest C-37B special air mission aircraft to the 89th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.   The program, managed by the Presidential and Executive Airlift Division, delivered tail

  • AFLCMC sets small business awards record

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFLCMC) – In Fiscal Year 2019, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center awarded $3.2 billion in contracts to small businesses across the United States. The amount, which is the highest AFLCMC has awarded to date, is the result of deliberate efforts to

  • VC-25B begins modification to create the next “Air Force One”

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – On February 25th, the VC-25B program began modification on the first of two Boeing 747-8 aircraft that will travel the globe representing the United States of America. VC-25B, the next “Air Force One,” is a program to design, modify, test, and deliver two

  • Kessel Run Brings “Mad Hatter” to the Green Mountain Boys

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont’s 158th Fighter Wing partnered with Kessel Run to complete its first test and evaluation of their new software, a suite known as Mad Hatter, during February 2020 at the Vermont Air National Guard Base in South Burlington.

  • Unit at Hill AFB sustains radars, bolsters nation’s homeland defense

    When F-22 Raptor fighter jets intercepted Russian fighters and bombers off the coast of Alaska during series of incidents last year, it was a network of radar systems sustained by a program office at Hill Air Force Base that prompted the jets to scramble in support of those missions. The

  • PEO for mobility and training aircraft shares perspective on life and career

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – When Lynda Rutledge began her Air Force career in 1989 as a mathematician at Eglin Air Force Base, her goal was to work for a couple of years and leave for the private sector.However, she soon fell in love with the challenge and impact of her work, and 30

  • AFLCMC Executive Director receives 2019 Presidential Rank Award

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Kathy Watern, the Executive Director for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), was recognized in December with a 2019 Presidential Rank Award in the Distinguished Executive category.She was nominated for the award due to her leadership and