AFMC Command News

  • Hill Aerospace Museum receives a Raptor

    Christmas came early for the Hill Aerospace Museum as a wrapped-up F-22 Raptor arrived at Hill Dec. 9 on a C-5 transport aircraft. The F-22 was previously assigned to the 325th Fighter Wing from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, and is slated to be added to the collection of aircraft on display at

  • AFRL division wins award for cold spray robot

    The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, teamed with the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute to win the Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award at the 2022 Defense Manufacturing Conference for the creation of an augmented reality-enabled cold spray robot, nicknamed

  • Air Force Simulators Division holds successful Match Game

    Six small companies competed in a game show style competition designed to find innovative solutions to Air Force training challenges, during the Industry/Interservice Training Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando earlier this month.

  • AFWERX appoints new director to lead AFWERX 3.0 efforts

    Col. Elliott Leigh became director of AFWERX, a directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm, during a change of leadership ceremony Dec. 15, 2022, at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

  • AFRL Guardian software team reports busy year

    When disaster strikes in the world, chaos can ensue, but Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, scientists are working on software applications that provide clear situational awareness to help response teams bring calm to the chaos.

  • Connecting Airmen, Guardians, family members to care

    Connect to Care is a new approach to providing support for Airmen, Guardians, and their families in which all providers, regardless of area of responsibility, will personally guide each individual or group to the support services they need.

  • Office helps others ‘ACE’ acquisitions

    There is an organization in AFLCMC whose primary purpose is to act as a force multiplier for the broader acquisition workforce.The Acquisition Center of Excellence, led by Melanie Marshall, is a group of multi-functional experts ready to offer on-demand assessment and advisement to groups facing

  • Maj. Gen. von Hoffman visits Arnold AFB

    Kris Hughes, deputy base civil engineer for Arnold Air Force Base, speaks with Maj. Gen. C. McCauley von Hoffman, director of Logistics, Civil Engineering, Force Protection and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, about the Primary Pumping Station during her visit to Arnold

  • Space entities examine future technology

    Seventy professionals from the space ecosystem gathered for the Space Futures Workshop, Nov. 29-30, to examine future technologies and forge a path towards ensuring the U.S. maintains its advantage in the increasingly congested and contested space domain.

  • 2d AVS team broadcasts B-21 unveil to millions

    The U.S. Air Force unveiled their sixth-generation aircraft, the B-21 Raider, via worldwide broadcast in Palmdale, California, Dec. 2, 2022. In order to limit the potential for release of sensitive or even classified images or information about the Air Force’s newest asset to the public, only one