29 May 2020

AFTC Vice Commander bids farewell

The Air Force Test Center Vice Commander, Col. Christopher “Worm” Spinelli, retired after more than 24 years of service following a retirement ceremony at Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 29.The ceremony took place in front of the AFTC headquarters at Edwards with Spinelli’s family, friends, and colleagues in attendance. The event was

21 Jun 2019

Views from the fishbowl: getting to know the new AFMC commander

The first thing that Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr. placed on his desk when he arrived at the Air Force Materiel Command headquarters was not a nameplate, laptop or a to-do list for his first few days in office. Rather, it was a clear glass fishbowl containing a single orange goldfish with wide eyes staring out into the space. “It’s my reminder that as the commander, I live in a ‘fishbowl,’ and everyone is watching everything that I am doing each and every minute of the day,” said Bunch. “It’s a personal tease to remind me that I need to be on my ‘A’ game all of the time, because I am always the commander.”