• Commanders share wing missions, kidney donation

    While Total Force Integration has spawned many resource-sharing initiatives, two wing commanders at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, have taken it to a whole new, and very personal, level. When Air Force Reserve Col. Keith "K2" Knudson, 419th Fighter Wing commander, was diagnosed with kidney failure last

  • AFSC looks for world-record performance

    Striving for world-record performance must be the common goal of everyone in the Air Force Sustainment Center in order to provide the cost-effective readiness the Air Force needs.Lt. Gen. Bruce Litchfield, AFSC commander, stressed the need to set high expectations during a three-day senior leader

  • General Litchfield vows AFSC will work to become cost-effective

    Despite "budget confusion" in the Department of Defense, the new Air Force Sustainment Center is determined to "provide readiness at less cost," Lt. Gen. Bruce Litchfield, the AFSC commander, vowed Tuesday. "We are going to be cost-effective and provide our nation the capability it needs."The

  • Reveille and Retreat deserve customary courtesy

    Talk to any military member or family member on base about Reveille and Retreat and you get consistent replies about how they feel about the sound of a bugle playing Reveille in the morning followed by "To the Colors" or Taps in the afternoon and the corresponding requested customs and courtesies.As

  • AFSC to focus on generating Airpower for America

    Eyeing its vision to "Sustain Weapon System Readiness to generate Airpower for America," the Air Force Sustainment Center will provide integrated weapons system maintenance and support for the Air Force. Commanded by Lieutenant General Bruce Litchfield, the AFSC incorporates a headquarters element,

  • Gen. Wolfenbarger sets the stage at Commander's Call

    Air Force Materiel Command commander Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger laid out her expectations and the command's priorities in a Commander's Call here July 12. The general was on base to officiate the re-designation of the Ogden Air Logistics Center to the Ogden Air Logistics Complex.In expressing her