AFCOMAC graduates its 15,000 student

Staff Sgt. Olivia Tipton (center), Air Force Combat Ammunition Center student from the 509th Munitions Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., receives a certificate of completion from Col. Douglas J. Lee, 9th Reconnaissance Wing commander, and AFCOMAC leadership after completing the munitions upgrade training course as the 15,000 student at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 19, 2014. AFCOMAC has provided the Air Force munitions community with advanced training in mass combat ammunition planning and production techniques since 1984. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ramon A. Adelan/Released)

AFCOMAC graduates its 15,000 student

Staff Sgt. Olivia Tipton (right), Air Force Combat Ammunition Center student from the 509th Munitions Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., receives a certificate of completion from Col. Douglas J. Lee, 9th Reconnaissance Wing commander, after completing the munitions upgrade training course as the 15,000 student at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 19, 2014. AFCOMAC has provided the Air Force munitions community with advanced training in mass combat ammunition planning and production techniques since 1984. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ramon A. Adelan/Released)

AFCOMAC graduates its 15,000 student

Published Dec. 19, 2014
By Airman 1st Class Ramon A. Adelan
9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Air Force Combat Ammunition Center celebrates a historic land mark graduating its 15,000 student at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 19, 2014.

AFCOMAC has provided the Air Force munitions community with advanced training in mass combat ammunition planning and production techniques since 1984.

The graduating student to mark 15,000 was Staff Sgt. Olivia Tipton from the 509th Munitions Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.

The school offers senior airmen and above to either receive 7- or 9-level upgrade training. Eight classes are held each year consisting of 70 students per class and lasting three weeks. Each class consists of personnel from each rank and is divided up into three teams. The teams work as they would in an operational environment.