Jan. 23, 2024 AFTC’s Digital Leap: SharePoint Community Drives Future Initiatives The Air Force Test Center is undergoing a digital transformation with new projects driven by the 2022 AFTC Digital Modernization Strategy. This strategy has led to advancements such as expanding network bandwidth, innovating through model-based tools for test planning, and establishing a robust
Jan. 23, 2024 Building bridges: National Guard lends hand with Arnold AFB installation project An Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge operated by Guardsmen from the Tennessee Army National Guard was used at Arnold AFB, headquarters of AEDC, to ensure a crane needed for the installation of a manway and piping around the exhaust duct of the J-2 test facility could cross an alleyway with an axle
Jan. 22, 2024 AEDC team members mark completion of 16S honeycomb The designers of the 16-foot supersonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base recognized when their work began in the 1950s that continuous improvements to the test facility would eventually be needed to keep pace with advancements in technology that were sure to transpire over the ensuing
Jan. 22, 2024 New system seeks to upgrade explosive ordnance disposal robots, aid technicians A new system seeks to aid explosive ordnance disposal, or EOD, technicians by adding a simple and inexpensive system to improve depth detection while controlling disposal robots to manage counter-improvised explosive device, or C-IED, operations.
Jan. 22, 2024 Adobe Team to incorporate license orchestrator improvements The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Business and Enterprise Systems (BES) Directorate’s Adobe team completed option year two transition activities supporting the Joint Enterprise License Agreement (JELA) III contract in the BES Service Management Division.
Jan. 19, 2024 AFMC releases 2024 Engineering Strategic Plan The Air Force Materiel Command Engineering Directorate has released its 2024 Engineering Strategic Plan.
Jan. 19, 2024 Air Force tests Ejection Seat Drogue Chute for T-7A Red Hawk The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Mobility and Training Aircraft Directorate successfully tested the ACES 5 Escape System Drogue chute that will go on the T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft.
Jan. 18, 2024 Forging bonds, building resilience: The evolution of the AFMC Connect initiative Forget sterile briefings and cookie-cutter training programs. The Air Force Materiel Command takes a bold approach to its most valuable asset: its people.
Jan. 18, 2024 Shipton assumes command of AFLCMC Lt. Gen. Donna Shipton assumes command of AFLCMC. She becomes the first woman to hold the position.
Jan. 17, 2024 Every person has a story; AFMC historian makes it his business to tell them The mission of the Air Force Materiel Command History Office is to record and tell the story of the command for future generations. Brian Duddy became a staff historian in December, but before he ever set foot in the office, he was already telling Air Force tales.