AFMC News

May 31, 2022
Air Force begins third-party inspections on privatized and government owned housing

The Department of the Air Force is preparing to launch a new third-party inspection initiative to gather information on the current state of the service’s privatized and government owned housing inventory. The inspections will touch all DAF privatized family housing, approximately 55,000 units, with
May 31, 2022
AFMC Connect June focus: Observant

The Air Force Materiel Command Airman who is observant seizes opportunities to provide additional support to the mission, the smaller work-center and to others.
May 30, 2022
Software engineers complete 100 sprints; continue racing

A team of Hill software engineers, working Personnel Recovery Command and Control, is producing computer code that helps the warfighter and they’re doing it at record speed, within a two-week window called a sprint.The code they produce supports a joint surveillance electronic tracking system that
May 27, 2022
AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 reaches 5,000 run mark

The list of milestones and achievements at Arnold Engineering Development Complex Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 recently grew a bit longer.On April 11, the team at the White Oak, Maryland facility celebrated the successful completion of 5,000 test runs by Tunnel 9 personnel.”It’s always exciting when
May 26, 2022
AFRL sponsorship recipient wins NASA space manufacturing contract

Air Force Research Laboratory research sponsorship recipient, United Semiconductors, LLC (USLLC), is one of eight companies selected to work on a three-year $21 million NASA contract to manufacture tools in space.
May 26, 2022
Museum to host 3-day commemoration of World War II

A three-day commemoration of World War II will begin on Saturday, June 4 and concludes on Monday, June 6. Visitors can tour the Traveling replica WWII Memorial, get an up-close look inside different visiting aircraft, observe a WWII era B-25 flyover and participate in the first public look-inside
May 26, 2022
Hanscom personnel honored with acquisition and leadership awards

The Air Force Materiel Command and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center have recognized numerous Hanscom acquisition professionals for excellence in acquisition and leadership.
May 25, 2022
‘FORCECON 2022’ spurs collaboration, innovation for Air Force, industry, academia

The inaugural FORCECON 2022: Innovation – Technology – Gaming convention kicked off here with a collider event May 24-25 to spur collaboration between the military, industry and academia, with a goal of tackling some of the military’s toughest challenges in the areas of force development, and
May 25, 2022
AFRL, New Mexico State University partner to test cooling solutions for directed energy weapons

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Directed Energy Directorate recently signed a five-year Strategic Education Partnership Agreement (EPA) with New Mexico State University (NMSU) in Las Cruces that extends the loan of a laser diode system NMSU will use in testing novel cooling solutions for
May 25, 2022
Test engineer, analyst training accelerated with innovative method

Tasked with accelerating and improving training of test engineers and test analysts, the 717th Test Squadron, 804th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, is delivering with a solution that could reach across the complex.
May 25, 2022
Test engineer, analyst training accelerated with innovative method

Tasked with accelerating and improving training of test engineers and test analysts, the 717th Test Squadron, 804th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, is delivering with a solution that could reach across the complex.
May 25, 2022
37-year career end “bittersweet” for AFMC Executive Director

Bittersweet. For Air Force Materiel Command Executive Director, Patricia M. Young, this one single word characterizes how she feels as her retirement approaches, following nearly 37 years of civil service.
May 24, 2022
AEDC Spark Tank: Program helps schedulers constrain resource conflicts

The Scenario Optimizer for AEDC Resources, or SOAR, is a desktop software application that will allow rapid-fire “what if” comparisons of different test schedules based on test user requirements.
May 24, 2022
Air Force visits Boom Supersonic

The engagement with Boom is part of a larger effort to fuel the burgeoning commercial resurgence of high speed passenger travel, dubbed the “Vector Initiative.” The initiative aims to partner with commercial sector leaders to accelerate their development and advance enabling technologies that could
May 23, 2022
Space Force, Air Force sign landmark MOU on Guardian uniforms

Wade Yamada, Deputy Director of Staff, Office of the Chief of Space Operations and Lea Kirkwood, Program Executive Officer and Director of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Agile Combat Support (ACS) Directorate signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on May 16.The memo formally

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