AFMC Command News

  • 2019 USAF Test Pilot School applications due May 29

    Application packages for the 2019 U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School selection board are due by May 29. The board is set to convene at the Air Force’s Personnel Center July 29 through Aug. 2, and will consider Total Force officer and current Air Force civilian applicants to attend training as early as

  • Air Commando pursues dream of flying on AFSOC airframes

    As a child, she sat in front of the TV watching the “Top Gun” movie over and over again and listening to Tom Cruise proclaim, “I feel the need – the need for speed!” Watching the aircraft soar across the screen made it clear to her that she wanted to fly when she grew up.

  • Kids Marketplace: Students learn how to manage money

    On March 12, as part of an extended Military Saves Week, the Airman and Family Readiness Center coordinated a kid’s money saving workshop at Hill Field Elementary called Kids Marketplace conducted by Utah State University Extension and volunteers from Hill AFB.

  • New AFRL lab capability poised to change the face of high-power electronics

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – An emerging AFRL laboratory capability is charting a new course for electronics innovation.The Oxide Molecular Beam Epitaxy laboratory is poised to become a major developer of high-quality semiconductor materials that are the basis for a new breed of lighter,

  • Fraud training focuses on prevention and remediation

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Fraud counsel here and at Air Force Materiel Command invite all government employees to attend two different fraud training events in Massachusetts the first week of April.  The first training is at Hanscom, April 3 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in building 1604, room 242.

  • Air Force’s top NCO gets look at all things Edwards

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright received a whirlwind tour of the Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe March 18-19.The highest ranking enlisted member in the Air Force got a firsthand look at almost every squadron and unit on Edwards. Wright visited with everyone from security

  • New VISTA paint scheme gets artist's approval

    Renowned aviation artist Mike Machat officially endorsed his latest work for the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School March 7 when he applied his signature to the school’s NF-16D VISTA in-flight simulator.The VISTA is sporting a new paint scheme designed by Machat. The one-of-a-kind aircraft is a staple

  • ‘The Bone’ returns to Arnold Air Force Base for store separation testing

    It had been nearly 20 years since a test involving the B-1B Lancer aircraft was conducted by Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base.This long absence recently came to an end, as a 10 percent model of the bomber, known in the flight world as “The Bone,” is now being used to

  • AFMC announces award nominees

    The Air Force Materiel Command has selected the major command-level award winners across multiple categories for 2018. Command individual and unit award winners will move forward to compete against their peers at the Headquarters Air Force level.

  • Working with Air Force One: AEDC’s John Washer shares his experience

    Very few of us can say we’ve met even one U.S. president, but Test Operations and Sustainment contractor John Washer has met two – President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama. He met them when he started working with Air Force One, the president’s airplane.“The team I was assigned to