• 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