April 18, 2023 Eglin claims DOD environmental awards Eglin Air Force Base's Cultural Resources Office claims a 2023 management award.
April 17, 2023 USAF Test Pilot School, Finnish Air Force demonstrate historic first upon accession with NATO On April 4, Finland officially became the 31st member to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on the 74th anniversary of the signing of the Washington Treaty. Coincidentally, TPS became the first Air Force organization to fly a joint-test mission as part of a technical exchange between the
April 13, 2023 Family care-focused Spouse and Family Forum set for May 3 The Air Force Materiel Command will host a virtual Spouse and Family Forum, May 3, at 1 p.m. ET, open to military and civilian family members across the enterprise.
April 6, 2023 AFMC and U.S. Space Force Airmen recognized for outstanding achievement The Annual Excellence Award Banquet held April 5, 2023, honored Air Force Materiel Command’s top Airmen for 2022. As the servicing major command for the U.S. Space Force, AFMC also recognized the high performers supporting Space Force missions.
April 6, 2023 AFIMSC celebrates 8 years of global I&MS support Eight years ago, on April 6, 2015, the Air Force activated the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, one of six specialized centers assigned to Air Force Materiel Command. With a mission to deliver globally integrated installation and mission support, AFIMSC combined the strengths,
March 21, 2023 Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Naval Sea Cadets get inside look at interservice partnerships Civil Air Patrol and United States Naval Sea Cadets received an up close and personal look at interservice flight operations during a tour of Edwards Air Force Base hosted by the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) Detachment 5, March 17.
March 14, 2023 Richardson discusses AFMC Strategic Plan, enterprise objectives on Contracting Experience podcast Air Force Materiel Command Commander, Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, made a guest appearance on The Contracting Experience podcast where he discussed the 2023 AFMC Strategic Plan.
March 9, 2023 An Intragalactic Survey: Edwards AFB conducts low level flight survey through Southern California wilderness, "Star Wars" style One of the key roles for the 412th Test Wing is to manage the safe operation of the local airspace. On March 3rd, a C-12 flight crew from the 412th Operations Group conducted a routine low level survey of the Sidewinder route through the Southern California wilderness "Star Wars" style.
March 8, 2023 AMC, AFMC commanders talk logistics on the attack, integrated deterrence at warfare symposium “Vast distances and few areas to use as supply nodes … all potentially during a period of competition.” That is how Royal Air Force Air Commodore Jez Attridge described the task at hand in the Pacific as moderator of a mobility panel discussion at the Air and Space Forces Association Warfare
March 8, 2023 AFRL researchers contribute to prestigious scientific journal ACS Nano A team of Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, researchers partnered with Pennsylvania State University to publish an article in the February 2023 issue of the prestigious scientific journal ACS Nano.