• Launch facility shelter enables PDM during winter months

    The 309th Missile Maintenance Group provides depot maintenance and support for the U.S Air Force’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and Air Launched Cruise Missile fleets and associated nuclear-related equipment, including the ICBM boosters, propulsion system rocket engines, reentry systems,

  • F-35A stealth brings flexibility to battlespace

    Stealth isn’t new in the Air Force. But, stealth combined with the multirole capabilities of the F-35A is proving to be a game changer in the Nevada desert.Units from across the Air Force have converged here for Red Flag 17-01, the Air Force’s premier air combat exercise, which pits a friendly force

  • Energy Awareness Kilowatt Crackdown winner announced

    The Energy Awareness Kilowatt Crackdown contest winner was announced Jan. 3 with building 383 squeaking past building 385 in an energy reduction contest hosted by the 75th Civil Engineer Squadron Energy Management Team.

  • Youngest maintainer at Red Flag launches America’s youngest jet

    The future belongs to the young. Nathan Kosters, the youngest F-35 crew chief in the 34th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, was born in 1996. “The Macerana” was No. 1 on the charts (somehow), “Independence Day” topped the box office and the F-16 Fighting Falcon had already been flying for 22 years.

  • New hours for South Gate Visitor Control Center

    The South Gate Visitor Control Center will adjust its hours of operations beginning March 1, 2017. The new hours will be 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. The VCC will be closed at all other times, including weekends and federal holidays. The VCC will be open on AFMC Family Days.

  • Benny the Air Force “Snow Man” assists Hill AFB

    Preston “Benny” Benedyk, the Air Force vehicle and snow control manager from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Operation’s Directorate at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, recently traveled to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to collaborate and advise on best practices and process improvement for snow