AFMC News

Oct. 14, 2019
F-22 maintainers resilient a year after Hurricane Michael

325th Aircraft Maintenance moves to Eglin a success.
Oct. 11, 2019
Air Force awards grants to 40 scientists and engineers through young investigator research program

ARLINGTON,VIRGINIA – The Air Force Office of Scientific Research — the basic research component of the Air Force Research Laboratory — today announced it will award approximately $17.8 million in grants to 40 scientists and engineers from 30 research institutions and businesses who submitted winning
Oct. 11, 2019
Chief Data Office announces capabilities for the VAULT Data Platform

The VAULT Platform now has a set of tools to support a full lifecycle of data exploitation activities. It is now possible to ingest data, manage storage, manage metadata, manipulate, cleanse and experiment with data and visualize analytics results.
Oct. 11, 2019
New tools allow for improved collaboration

A joint government and industry team led by members from the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks Directorate headquartered here is providing new collaborative IT tools for Air Force users.
Oct. 10, 2019
Air Force, Tinker, remain committed to Base Housing Issues

Sen. Jim Inhofe and acting Secretary of the Air Force, Matthew Donovan, made a visit to Tinker Air Force Base on Oct. 1 to get a first-hand look at base housing problems.Base leadership, the Air Force Civil Engineering Center and Balfour Beatty Communities have been working through these issues at
Oct. 10, 2019
XQ-58A expands performance envelope during third test flight; aircraft damaged after landing

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Arizona — The XQ-58A Valkyrie completed the third flight of the Low Cost Attritable Strike Demonstration program Oct. 9 at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. Unfortunately, high surface winds and a malfunction of the vehicle’s provisional flight test recovery system resulted in a
Oct. 10, 2019
Stamps go to the Dogs

The U.S. Postal Service dedicated a stamp set to military working dogs and presented them to the 96th Security Forces Squadron.
Oct. 10, 2019
One year after Hurricane Michael, Tyndall personnel recall experiences

Personal perspectives on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Michael from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., personnel who support the mission at base—both before and after the category 5 hurricane made landfall on October 10, 2018.
Oct. 9, 2019
Hurricane Michael: One year later

By wind and water it came. Before leaving, Hurricane Michael nearly took with it what had taken more than 70 years of history to build. In its wake, the category 5 storm left behind a historic tragedy – although 12 months have passed, remains evident. The day of the storm began with a Tyndall Air
Oct. 9, 2019
Award-winning loadmaster adds skills to C-130 testing

New 417th Flight Test Squadron loadmaster wins AF awards.
Oct. 8, 2019
NFAC tests next-generation military helicopter

The U.S. Army is looking to improve its aviation technology and recently called upon the Arnold Engineering Development Complex - National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California, to advance this effort.Engineers from Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and The Boeing
Oct. 8, 2019
October marks 35th anniversary of Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base

The Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base was completed just over 35 years ago, marking the end of construction on a project decades in the making and the beginning of what then-Arnold Engineering Development Center Commander Col. Philip Conran called “a new era of turbine
Oct. 8, 2019
AFRL reimagines tech development with virtual reality

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In a move the Wright Brothers likely never anticipated, but surely would approve, the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate is using a bicycle to demonstrate how virtual and augmented reality could revolutionize aircraft maintenance and
Oct. 8, 2019
New SECDEF makes Wright-Patterson AFB his first Air Force stop

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Dr. Mark T. Esper chose Wright-Patterson AFB as his first Air Force base to visit as Secretary of Defense, Oct. 3-4.The new Secretary of Defense engaged Airmen and commanders during a whirlwind visit, including discussions with Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr.,
Oct. 8, 2019
Award-worthy designs

Engineering division claims two AF-level awards.

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