July 18, 2024 A Look Back… Muroc Bombing and Gunnery Range (East Camp) A historical look back at the Muroc Bombing and Gunnery range.
June 21, 2024 FLASHBACK: Dyna-Soar, Little Joe II: Paths to the Present Suborbital Flight Test Program The X-20 Dyna-Soar program is often remembered as one of the biggest lost opportunities in the history of manned space flight.
May 21, 2024 Flashback: The JB-2 and the Dawn of the Sled Track The origins of today’s modern-day sled track owe its existence to the early guided missile programs of World War II, chiefly the JB-2.
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.