AFMC Command News

  • Breaking the Mold: How Innovation Powers AFTC’s Strategic Momentum

    In today’s rapid evolving mission, innovation isn’t just a buzzword and playing it safe can sometimes mean falling behind. That’s why Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Martin, Air Force Test Center command chief master sergeant, is pushing for something different: a culture where challenging assumptions is

  • FLASHBACK: A Tale of Two Trainers

    The search to find replacement primary undergraduate, and advanced pilot training aircraft for the U.S. Air Force has been a long and bumpy road that began in the 1970’s.

  • Preaching with Pace

    It’s a hot day on the base track as the photographer checks his settings and composes the shot. He yells “go” and our subject launches from all fours with jackrabbit acceleration. Eight very quick, pounding strides later the side-to-side shoulder rocking stops, eyes rise from feet to foreground, and

  • AFMC concludes 2025 AcqDemo conversion

    More than 18,000 Air Force Materiel Command civilian employees transitioned from General Schedule into the Acquisition Demonstration Project compensation system in June as part of ongoing efforts to attract and retain high-caliber talent through modernized performance management.

  • B-1 Bomber Celebrates 40 Years

    Originally intended as a temporary solution, the B-1B Lancer is now celebrating 40 years of service. First delivered to the U.S. Air Force as a stopgap measure until the B-2 Spirit bomber was operational, the Lancer remains a vital strategic asset.

  • Air Force Battle Lab advances the kill chain with AI, C2 Innovation

    The 805th Combat Training Squadron, or Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, completed another major experiment of 2025, advancing key priorities in human-machine teaming, data convergence, and emerging technologies to sharpen U.S. Air Force and command and control capabilities, Nellis Air Force Base,

  • Service memorializes Utah pilot lost in war in 1944

    The Hill Aerospace Museum became a place of solemn remembrance July 8, as it hosted a memorial service for 1st Lt. George F. “Frankie” Wilson, a Utah native and World War II hero whose remains were recently returned home after more than eight decades.