AFMC News

July 7, 2022
Flashback - The Historical Development of the Air Force Materiel Command Emblem

The Air Force uses official unit emblems as visible, enduring symbols to promote esprit de corps, morale and a sense of heritage. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) personnel are familiar with the Command’s emblem, but may have questions about its creation and what it represents.
July 7, 2022
Simple scanner helps 75th LRS speed up deployment processing

Deploying Airmen out the door involves a lot of paperwork, cargo and equipment and the 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s is ready to support the movement of it all successfully and efficiently. In a continued effort to improve their processes, the squadron’s Individual Protective Equipment Flight
July 7, 2022
A-10 Thunderbolt IIs conduct ACE training on Rogers Dry Lake Bed

The 412th Operations Support Squadron hosted four A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 355th Wing out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, and small team of Airmen from the 821st Contingency Response Squadron out of Travis Air Force Base, California, to conduct ACE training on Rogers Dry Lake Bed on
July 7, 2022
Minotaur II+ explodes shortly after liftoff

A Minotaur II+ rocket exploded approximately 11 seconds after launching from Test Pad-01 at 11:01 p.m. Wednesday.
July 6, 2022
AFRL launches online library to advance digital transformation

The Air Force Research Laboratory launched the first Digital Accelerator for Research Transformation effort, or DART 1.0, via the internal AFRL Digital War Room during a hybrid event, June 30, 2022. DART is an online library with new products, capabilities and solutions offered to the workforce on a
July 6, 2022
Aerospace Vehicle Survivability Facility set to meet anticipated National Defense Strategy demands

The new National Defense Strategy set to be released later this year will focus on the building of a more lethal military force, the strengthening of U.S. alliances while establishing new partnerships, and reforming the way the Department of Defense does business to accomplish its objectives.The
July 6, 2022
AFRL spacecraft Recurve launches on Virgin Orbit Space Force mission

The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate spaceflight experiment Recurve was launched July 2, 2022, from the Mojave Air and Space Port on the Virgin Orbit space system in California.
July 5, 2022
AFNWC directorate key to managing modernization of weapons generation facilities

Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center program managers and engineers, along with Air Force Global Strike Command representatives, recently visited the construction site at F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, for the first-of-its-kind Air Force weapons generation facility.
July 5, 2022
New technologies drive Tyndall’s Installation of the Future rebuild

The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Natural Disaster Recovery Division has been at the forefront of implementing new technologies to reshape the installation into a model of adaptability, efficiency and sustainability for the Department of the Air Force and Department of Defense.
July 5, 2022
Richardson: Teamwork, collaboration key to AFMC success

The Air Force Materiel Command change of command ceremony on June 13 was more than just an opportunity to welcome Gen. Duke Z. Richardson to the organizational helm; it was also a homecoming for the new commander who has spent nearly half of his career as part of the enterprise.
July 2, 2022
Team seeks to improve coordination between geospatial intelligence systems, Air Force aircraft

A key factor in the operational success of U.S. Air Force aircraft is the use of data from geospatial intelligence information systems – operated by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA).The data provides key information related to location, navigation and the environment, that allow
July 1, 2022
AFMC Connect July focus: Motivated

The AFMC Connect focuses on motivation for the month of July.
July 1, 2022
Base team reduces muscular-skeletal and mental health issues

One of the first multidisciplinary medical operational support teams in the Air Force is working to reduce muscular-skeletal and mental health issues at Hill Air Force base.The five-person team, consisting of an exercise physiologist, clinical psychologist, clinical social worker, physical therapist
June 30, 2022
A Look Back...at Air Force aerial tankers of the jet age

A historical photo compilation covering the U.S. Air Force aerial tankers of the jet age.
June 30, 2022
Eglin test pilot returns to take command

Brig. Gen. Jeff Geraghty became the new 96th Test Wing commander in a ceremony June 30.

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