AFMC Command News

  • MQ-9A Accident Report Released

    An Air Force Materiel Command Accident Investigation Board has identified the cause of an MQ-9A mishap which fatally injured a civilian contract employee during a ground developmental test event at Gray Butte Airfield, California, on Sept. 7, 2023.

  • Board releases report on fatal motor vehicle accident

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO – Air Force Materiel Command released findings of the Ground Accident Investigation Board which examined a vehicle accident that claimed the life of a deployed AFMC security forces member in Kuwait on Sept. 12, 2020. Senior Airman Jason Khai Phan, 26, died

  • Board releases report on Airman's fitness death

    Air Force Materiel Command released findings of the Ground Accident Investigation Board which examined the death of an Airman following physical fitness testing on August 16, 2019.Capt. Tranay L. Tanner collapsed and stopped breathing shortly after 8 a.m. following completion of the 1.5 mile run

  • Accident report released on fatal parachute jump

    An Air Force Materiel Command Accident Investigation Board has identified the cause of a mishap which resulted in the death of an Air Force non-commissioned officer during a military freefall training parachute jump on Sept. 10, 2019 at Skydive Perris, in Perris, California.Staff Sgt. Adam K.

  • A-29 accident report released

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- An Air Force Materiel Command Accident Investigation Board has identified the cause of an A-29 Super Tucano crash which killed a U.S. Navy fighter pilot this past summer in New Mexico.   Navy Lt. Christopher Short, an experienced F/A-18 pilot, was piloting an