Tops in Blue Airmen visit 33rd FW

New vision and mission to guide AFMC

New vision and mission statements are at the foundation of a new command strategy designed to ensure Air Force Materiel Command continues to deliver preeminent support to the warfighter.The command's vision is "one team, delivering capabilities to fly, fight and win ...today and tomorrow." AFMC will

Maintainers compete for Loadcrew of the Year

Air Force begins testing new pod capability

The Air Force completed testing this month on a flying wireless router to ground troops with almost instantaneous communications. The biggest difference between the router in most homes and the new flying router... the Air Force's version is attached to a 30mm Gatling gun.The flying router is a new

AFRL employee grows hair for charity

Former honorary commander wins humanitarian award

Chris Sehman, a former 36th Electronics Warfare Squadron honorary commander, recently won the Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher 2012 Distinguished Civilian Humanitarian Award.The award was presented Jan. 10 by Michael Donley, the Secretary of the Air Force, and Crystal Fisher, the daughter of Fisher

F-35 training 'Year of execution' in review

This time last year, the 33rd Fighter Wing stood up its Marine squadron with a fleet of aircraft with the thought 2012 would be their "year of execution."Air Force F-35 Lightning IIs stationed here would take off for their first of hundreds of sorties that year once they had their military flight

Medical Group wins football championship

Community support coordinators focus on resiliency

Amid a challenging fiscal and personnel climate, the Air Force recently created a Community Support Coordinator position at 71 Air Force installations to help Airmen and their families withstand, recover from and grow in the face of stressors and changing demands.The position was developed to

53rd's heritage F-4s still flying