AFMC’s Five-Center Construct Fully Operational

Air Force Materiel Command’s new five-center organizational construct is now fully operational, declared AFMC Commander Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger on Tuesday. She said she was “incredibly proud” to stand with the command’s 80,000-plus workforce in announcing this milestone. “We leveraged an...

Leaving the Door Open to More Scrutiny

On two occasions this year, Minuteman III launch control officers violated Air Force safety rules by deliberately leaving the blast door to their launch control center open while one of the two crewmembers inside the center slept, reported the Associated...

Air Force Structure Commission Holds Next Public Hearings

Air National Guard Director Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke and Air Force Reserve Chief Lt. Gen. James Jackson will testify on Thursday in Arlington, Va., at the next open hearing of the congressionally mandated Air Force structure commission, according to a...

Cape Cod Installs Wind Turbines

The Air Force is installing two giant wind turbines at Cape Cod AFS, Mass., a part of the Joint Base Cape Cod complex, to power the Pave PAWs early warning radar system that the 6th Space Warning Squadron operates there,...

St. Paul’s Fire Department Closes

The Minnesota Air National Guard’s 133rd Airlift Wing in St. Paul closed its fire department, ending its 42 years of operations. During the closing ceremony, wing officials honored the department’s firefighters past and present, according to an Oct. 18 wing...

Bagram’s First Air Force-Operated Chapel Opens

The first Air Force-operated chapel at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, opened its doors earlier this month. The nondenominational Christian chapel, co-located with the Airman Ministry Center, is on Bagram’s flight line, according to an Oct. 20 base release. It is meant...

Civil Air Patrol Adopting New Structure for NCO Corps

The Civil Air Patrol, the Air Force’s auxiliary, is restructuring its noncommissioned officer corps to mirror the Air Force’s NCO corps. With this change, CAP will be able to develop and promote its NCOs through its ranks similar to what...

Saudi Arabia Getting KC-130Js

Saudi Arabia is acquiring two KC-130J tankers under a foreign military sale with the United States, announced aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin. The kingdom could also obtain up to 23 additional C-130J airplanes at a later date, states the company’s Oct....