June 21, 2021 Propulsion Test Branch at Arnold AFB helping power the Air Force since 1950s The Engine Test Facility (ETF), which is part of the AEDC Propulsion Test Branch at Arnold Air Force Base, was the first facility on base, with its construction completed in 1953.Equipment making up the ETF test cells, such as the motors and compressors, were confiscated from a Bavarian Motor Works
June 16, 2021 Revel in a 'walk through history' at new AFMC uniform exhibit A new, interactive uniform exhibit at the Air Force Materiel Command Headquarters traces the history and evolution of Air Force clothing and the command’s role in the uniform process.
May 21, 2021 Flashback: Air Force Logistics Command’s early support to Southeast Asia A historical look at the Air Force Logistics Command's early support to Southeast Asia.
April 9, 2021 A Look Back…Recoverable Rocket Boosters--A Future That Never Was The idea of making flight into space as routine as atmospheric flight has been around since the 1930’s when Eugen Sänger first published detailed information about his ideas for a suborbital, winged vehicle, capable of delivering a payload halfway around the world using a skip-glide technique that
March 12, 2021 A look back...Operation TOMODACHI A historical photo essay on the Air Force Materiel Command work during Operation TOMODACHI in 2011.
Feb. 25, 2021 A look back at...the War in Korea: A glimpse behind the scenes Barely five years had passed since the end of World War II, when war-weary America began sending troops and supplies to the Far East in order to defend the Korean peninsula from a Communist invasion. On June 25, 1950, approximately 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army crossed the
Feb. 9, 2021 AFMC Expands its Aerospace Archive The Air Force Materiel Command History Office is in the process of growing the command's historical archives.
Jan. 22, 2021 FLASHBACK: 30th Anniversary of Wright-Patterson’s Support to Operation DESERT STORM Desert Storm marked a beginning rather than an end to military operations in the 1990s. Contingency operations continued throughout the decade as the United States responded to a continuing Iraqi threat, as well as new dangers in the Balkans and other areas of the world. Wright-Patterson Air Force
Jan. 5, 2021 A Look Back....at the development of parachutes to 1945 As aviation began to play an important role in military tactics and methods of aerial warfare changed rapidly, a “vital need for the development and availability of suitable parachutes” arose with major changes and developments between World War I and the end of World War II.
Dec. 8, 2020 Renowned test pilot Chuck Yeager dies Famed test pilot, retired Brig. Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager died Dec. 7. He was 97.