April 16, 2024 Award-winning history team turns pages into power The Headquarters, Air Force Materiel Command History and Heritage Directorate won the 2024 Department of the Air Force Excellence in Major Command History Program Management Award.
April 9, 2024 Flashback: Return of the in-betweener A look back at the evolution of the Air Force Warrant Officer program.
March 14, 2024 FLASHBACK: The Cookie Bomb The Cookie Bomb of 1999 not only demonstrated the agility of the Air Force Materiel Command’s Plan 70 (surge operations for AFMC depots), but more importantly, the innovation of Airmen.
Feb. 23, 2024 Flashback: Martin XB-51 with Two MX-771 Matador Missiles Designed at the end of the war, the Martin XB-51 medium bomber attempted to capture the role that eventually went to the B-57.
Jan. 17, 2024 Flashback: North American F-107A Zero-Length Launch A historical look at the development of the F-107A.
Dec. 14, 2023 Flashback: McDonnell Douglas F-15A Streak Eagle For two weeks beginning on Jan. 16, 1975, three Air Force pilots and a modified McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Division (McAir) F-15A-6-MC (72-119) made an assault on the world class time-to-climb for aircraft powered by jet engines.
Nov. 17, 2023 History in Two: Operation NEW ARRIVAL - Eglin provides new hope to refugees Operation NEW ARRIVAL, receiving over 10,000 refugees was successful through a cohesive teamwork of military, robust community support, and detailed planning based upon urgent need to resettle Vietnamese considered at-risk from the incoming Communist regime during the Vietnam War.
Nov. 6, 2023 Hill Aerospace Museum’s newest gallery nears completion After nearly two years of planning and construction, the Hill Aerospace Museum is putting the finishing touches on its newest gallery, which will be called the L.S. Skaggs Gallery.
Oct. 20, 2023 Flashback: Puff the Magic Dragon: Development of the AC-47 Gunship The AC-47 goes by many names, originally the FC-47, more famously “Puff the Magic Dragon” or “Spooky” but, was the first in a line of aircraft to be called a Gunship.
Aug. 8, 2023 Air Force Research Laboratory’s Information Directorate dedicates room to Tuskegee Airman, former Electrical Engineer Herbert Thorpe The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Information Directorate in Rome, New York, is pleased to announce the renaming and dedication of the Information Directorate Heritage Room in honor of Herbert Thorpe, a former Rome Air Development Center employee, Tuskegee Airman and veteran of World War