Aug. 15, 2022 461st Flight Test Squadron receives brand new F-35A The newest F-35A, straight out of the factory, found its new home here at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 1.
Aug. 15, 2022 SECAF visits Edwards 412th Test Wing Operating Location Plant 42 Secretary of the Air Force, Mr. Frank Kendall, arrives at Edwards 412th Test Wing Operating Location Plant 42 to see the latest innovation. (Air Force photo by Adam Bowles)
Aug. 15, 2022 Summer 2022 brings new leaders to the enterprise The summer of 2022 brought a number of leadership changes across the Air Force Materiel Command as the result of promotions, change of duty locations and leader retirements across the enterprise.
Aug. 9, 2022 Edwards AFB officially completes educational complex with ribbon cutting ceremony The Department of Defense celebrates today the ribbon cutting for the Desert Junior Senior High School on Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) in Kern County, California. The event completes a $180 million, 220,000 square foot, replacement educational complex in response to the Secretary of Defense
Aug. 9, 2022 AFMC Power Hour all-call set for Aug. 25 The Air Force Materiel Command will host a virtual all-call with the organizational leadership team, Aug. 25 at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Microsoft Teams LIVE.
July 5, 2022 Richardson: Teamwork, collaboration key to AFMC success The Air Force Materiel Command change of command ceremony on June 13 was more than just an opportunity to welcome Gen. Duke Z. Richardson to the organizational helm; it was also a homecoming for the new commander who has spent nearly half of his career as part of the enterprise.
June 13, 2022 Richardson takes command Gen. Duke Z. Richardson assumed leadership of the Air Force Materiel Command during a ceremony at the National Museum of the Air Force, June 13.
May 6, 2022 World War II paratroop reenactors land at museum The C-47 Skytrains Tico Belle (top) and Placid Lassie approach their drop zone near the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on April 27, 2022, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The two planes were among those used to drop troops on Normandy for D-Day during World War II. (U.S. Air Force
April 26, 2022 411th Flight Test Squadron hosts Air Dominance Day The 411th Flight Test Squadron hosted an annual Air Dominance Day celebration on Edwards Air Force Base, April 15. Members of the F-22 Raptor test team took time to honor past accomplishments that has resulted in American air dominance for almost 70 years.
April 20, 2022 Benefield Anechoic Facility tests C-130 electronic countermeasures An AC-130J Ghostrider assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing from Hurlburt Field, Fla., recently underwent electronic weapons countermeasures testing at the Benefield Anechoic Facility at Edwards Air Force Base, California.