AFMC News

June 18, 2025
Air Force Test Pilot School formally inaugurates Staff Fellowship Program

For over eight decades, the Air Force Test Pilot School has played an integral role in America’s leadership in aerospace development. The staff at TPS is hand-selected from among the test enterprise’s best to form the next generation of test leaders, an exceptionally competitive process.
June 17, 2025
Winning tonight's fight, and tomorrow's: How C3BM is negotiating immediate, future force requirements in tandem

The Air Force is employing a dynamic strategy focused on “intermediate stable states” to bridge the gap between immediate operational demands and the imperative for long-term force modernization.
June 16, 2025
Modernization mission continues as TPS welcomes new commandant

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School welcomed their newest commandant during the change of command ceremony, June 13, 2025.
June 16, 2025
FLASHBACK: B-52 Stratofortress - First Operational Delivery

June 29, 2025, marks the 70th anniversary of the first operational Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 Stratofortress delivery to the 93rd Bombardment Wing (Heavy) at Castle Air Force Base, Calif.
June 16, 2025
OC-ALC achieves milestone on aerospace audit

The audit, which governs quality management systems for aerospace maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) organizations, is necessary to maintain readiness and support warfighting capabilities.
June 16, 2025
Air Force DASH sprint pioneers human-machine teaming for faster battle management decisions

The Department of the Air Force took a bold step toward future command and control capabilities with the successful completion of its first Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming, or DASH, experiment, recently held at the Howard Hughes Operations Center, or H2O, in Las Vegas, Nev.
June 13, 2025
DAF Weapons Safety Division Re-writes Nuclear Safety Design Criteria

The Air Force Safety Center Weapons Safety division recently hosted over 80 weapons safety experts from across the Air Force, including industry and government partners for a three day re-write of the Department of the Air Force Manual 91-119 Safety Design Criteria for Nuclear Weapons Systems
June 13, 2025
Air Force Sustainment Center launches Career Compass to boost civilian career growth

The Air Force Sustainment Center Directorate of Manpower and Personnel recently unveiled Career Compass, a professional development initiative for civilian employees. The program aims to empower AFSC personnel with tools to enhance their expertise and leadership skills.
June 12, 2025
Hegseth says shipbuilding, Golden Dome, nuclear deterrence make up DOD budget request for Billions in Funding

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with lawmakers on the Senate Appropriations Committee to discuss key points for DOD in the president's recommendations for discretionary funding levels for fiscal year 2026.
June 12, 2025
U.S., Japan committed to integration of C3BM capabilities

In a world of rapidly evolving threats, the U.S. and its allies are racing to develop command and control and battle management capabilities that deliver decisive decision advantage for warfighters.
June 12, 2025
Battlefield medicine's bleeding edge

Combat casualty care training is a pre-deployment requirement for Air Force medics.
June 11, 2025
Construction begins on newest Airman Training Complex at JBSA-Lackland

The construction of the Basic Military Training West campus, which started in 2019, is part of a multi-year program led by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center in collaboration with Air Force and industry partners to centralize BMT campuses to increase efficiency and replace training and housing
June 11, 2025
Microreactor pilot reaches major project milestone

The Department of the Air Force, in coordination with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy Office, reached a critical milestone in piloting advanced nuclear energy technology with the issuance of a Notice of Intent to Award (NOITA) to Oklo, Inc.
June 11, 2025
AFSC team offers youth career inspiration

Eighteen members of the Alpha Boys Institute traveled to the Air Force Sustainment Center Headquarters to learn more about career planning and opportunities within the Air Force.
June 11, 2025
Eglin, local emergency teams unite to find missing child

Eglin fosters long-standing working relationships with community agencies due to its land expanse, which covers three counties.

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