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.
Nov. 23, 2020 A Look Back… NAA B-70 Valkyrie Variants – A Future That Never Was… Like flying cars, human colonies on Mars and so many other futuristic ideas, the 1950’s vision of the tomorrow was filled with grand ideas that are just now coming to fruition.
Oct. 19, 2020 A Look Back…Peacemaker Personnel First flown in August 1946, just one year after the end of WWII, the XB-36 was the largest and heaviest air-craft ever flown at the time. The size, weight and complexity of the aircraft created many new problems to be overcome by the talented engineers and technicians working the program.
Sept. 25, 2020 A look back: Early Air Force Uniforms The following is a look back at the origins of the distinctive USAF uniforms, what organizations oversaw the design and manufacturing and the early transition period of Air Force uniforms worn.