AFMC News

Sept. 14, 2022
New Interactive Exhibition on aerospace innovation to launch at the National Museum of the USAF

“Above and Beyond,” an interactive science exhibition exploring transformative innovations in aerospace, will launch Saturday, Sept. 17 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
Aug. 12, 2022
AFRL Inspire event with TEDx-style talks to be livestreamed

AFRL Inspire, a three-hour special event presented by the Air Force Research Laboratory with eight TEDx-style talks, will be livestreamed from the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Aug. 23, 2022, at 1 p.m. EDT.
June 30, 2020
History in Two: Early Beginnings to Privatized Housing

Prior to the Military Housing Privatization Initiative that took place in Fiscal Year 1996, several privatization efforts were undertaken by the DoD – Wherry and Capehart acts in the late 1940s through to the 1950s – to provide family housing for our military members. Following World War II,
Aug. 5, 2019
History in Two: Dyna-Soar

The Dyna-Soar program (System 464L), initiated on October 10, 1957, took three separate, but related studies on manned, hypersonic weapons and reconnaissance systems (Hywards (SR-131), Bomi/Brass Bell (SR-12) and Robo (SR-126)) and merged them into a single, three-phased program. The research
July 23, 2019
50 years after the Eagle landed: The man who kept Apollo on track

This edition of the Air Force Materiel Command History Office 'Flashbacks' series highlights the expertise of one Air Force officer and how his managerial skills impacted the success of the Apollo mission and NASA work following the monumental launch.
May 9, 2019
Hostile Airspace: Serbian IADS during Allied Force

This edition of the AFMC History in Two series talks about Serbian IADS during Operation ALLIED FORCE, focused on the 78-day air operation known as Operation NOBLE ANVIL.

AFMC Command News

New Interactive Exhibition on aerospace innovation to launch at the National Museum of the USAF

AFRL Inspire event with TEDx-style talks to be livestreamed

History in Two: Early Beginnings to Privatized Housing

History in Two: Dyna-Soar

50 years after the Eagle landed: The man who kept Apollo on track

Hostile Airspace: Serbian IADS during Allied Force