• AFLCMC captures two Performance Based Logistics awards

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- In an Oct. 17 memo, Frank Kendall, the Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, announced the winners of the 2014 Secretary of Defense Performance Based Logistics awards, with programs managed by the Air Force Life

  • New commander stresses consistency while introducing greater efficiency

    On Oct. 2, his first official day commanding the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Lt. Gen. John Thompson said he awoke feeling, as his teenage daughter would say, "awesome, epic, amazing."   "There's no greater feeling than knowing I am coming to work to do something really important

  • Thompson to lead AFLCMC

    Lt. Gen. John Thompson officially took command of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Oct. 2 after taking part in a change of command ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Sept. 26.As AFLCMC commander, Thompson replaces Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore, II, who is retiring from the Air

  • AFLCMC has a hand in A-29 delivery

    The first of 20 A-29 Super Tucano aircraft arrived here Sept. 26 in preparation for the Afghanistan pilot and maintenance training mission.The A-29 is a light air support   training aircraft that will be used to train 30 Afghan pilots and 90 Afghan maintainers as part of a requirement from the

  • B-52s undergo upgrade on communications systems

    In the B-52 Bomber's first major upgrade in more than 20 years, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Fighters and Bombers Directorate recently began the acquisition and installation of the Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) throughout the B-52 fleet.CONECT is an advanced