Air Force Materiel Command

🚀Our United States Air Force Test Pilot School is helping to meet the need for trained space domain testers ensuring readiness for operational success in the highly contested #space domain. At the TPS, located on Edwards Air Force Base, Space Test Course students train beside Flight Test Course students and also receive specialized instruction in astronautical sciences and space mission systems. This integration fosters a multi-domain test capability - essential for modern warfare capabilities. Expanded hands-on training opportunities, such as operating real on-orbit assets through partnerships with organizations such as the Air Force Research Laboratory's Small Satellite Portfolio team, ensures graduates are ready for operational work upon completion of program requirements. Learn more about how we continue to expand the capabilities of our test force across the mission at https://lnkd.in/gKM24K5S Air Force photo by Scott Walter #space #readiness #test #USAF #USSF

🤝💪Strong community partnerships play a key role in mission success across the United States Air Force. The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center helps installation leaders find inspiring ways to partner with the local communities where they live and work with mutual benefit for those who serve and the places in which they live. By sharing resources and expertise, both the installation and community benefit over the long term. Details: https://lnkd.in/gAE-5wBS Photo by Airman 1st Class Lillian Patterson #partnerships #defense #collaboration #USAF

✈️A new Integrated Product Team construct aims to streamline processes and efficiencies across the DAF BATTLE NETWORK. The United States Air Force Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management, part of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, will leverage the IPT to address horizontal integration, complexity, value flow, scale, and organize-train-equip challenges across the portfolio. Details: https://lnkd.in/gwSWMij4 #IntegratedProductTeam #DAFBattleNetwork #AirForce #DefenseAcquisition #DefenseIndustry #CommandControl 📸PHOTO BY: Richard Blumenstein

🖥️A new Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center application aims to give real-time financial readiness information to commanders, senior enlisted leaders and first sergeants, ensuring the #Airmen and #Guardians in their care are mission ready. The program pulls data from diverse resources, helping to identify potential financial-related issues that might go unnoticed so that leaders can provide access to resources and support Airmen and Guardians may need to ensure they can stay mission-focused on high-stress operations. By minimizing the stress at home, warfighters can better focus to meet operational needs. Details: https://lnkd.in/gkPGJbCm #readiness #USAF #warfighter #application #data Photo by: London Prince

🚀#ICYMI Minuteman III - Safe, secure, reliable and effective. Our teams at the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center supported Air Force Global Strike Command and Vandenberg Space Force Base in a test launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, Feb. 19. The ICBM was equipped with a single telemetered joint test assembly re-entry vehicle. The test launch is part of routine activity to assess the ICBM deterrent and provides Airmen and Guardians the opportunity to demonstrate professionalism and readiness to support and defend against threats. Learn more and WATCH the launch video at https://lnkd.in/gGCUi3RU 📸by Airman 1st Class Olga Houtsma #readiness #lethality #ICBM #USAF #USSF

✈️GENUS...it's GENIUS! Air Force Sustainment Center leaders presented the concept of a Global Enterprise Network for Universal Sustainment, or GENUS, which is an innovative new concept for ensuring global operational readiness for warfighters across the globe. GENUS aims to create an ecosystem of key facilities able to complete aircraft repair in different global locations, returning airpower to the fight faster. The goal is to build a sustainable network that benefits not only the U.S., but partners and allies across the globe, ensuring our warfighters have what they need to meet and defeat operational challenges. Details: https://lnkd.in/g5cngaug PHOTO BY: Grady Epperly #USAF #logistics #Sustainment #readiness #airpower #defense

🤝Ready together: Training and working with our #allies and partners helps ensure operational #readiness during joint endeavors in the field. The 75th Mission Support Group at Hill Air Force Base hosted the Royal Australian Air Force for a joint #munitions movement effort, sharing expertise on logistics and palletized munitions transport. The team at Hill AFB helped in the inspection, transfer, and upload process for dual thrust rocket motors, aiding in the swift return of assets to the Australian theater. The operation was a unique opportunity for personnel from each nation to learn about different logistics processes, sharing information and techniques to drive towards greater mutual operational readiness. More: https://lnkd.in/gGtyXapt Photos by Staff Sgt Mohammad Ebrahimi

New lab, new opportunities: Edwards Air Force Base's new Flight Test Engineering Lab is ready for action, with an official ribbon cutting ceremony marking the opening in late 2024. The lab will improve the testing and integration of critical systems, including Electro Optics/Infrared (EO/IR) sensors, long-range kill chain data link capabilities, and will support the development of digital twin tools for creation of future combat capabilities. The lab will support new technolgies and also serve as a space to support additional training for young engineers across the test enterprise. More: https://lnkd.in/gKxJyrdC Photo: Paul Waters, 412th Test Engineering Group director, Dan Osburn, 412th Test Wing technical director, and Shaun Frost, Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District chief of construction, cut the ribbon to formally open the Flight Test Engineering Laboratory during a ceremony on Edwards Air Force Base, California, Nov. 4. (Air Force photo by Madeline Guadarrama) #USAF #readiness #lethality #technology #defense

✈️High-performance computers and digital tools for the win! How can we 'breathe' new life into B-52s when the original Pratt & Whitney TF33 engines have been out of production since 1985? A collaborative effort with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and the engineers and technical experts at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is helping to do that by leveraging a cloud-based digital engineering environment and high-performance computing for the B-52H Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP). CERP is a modernizing effort to install new Rolls Royce F130 engines onto the 70-year-old B-52 bomber fleet. The update is projected to increase system reliability and reduce current maintenance costs. By leveraging the HPCMP CREATE software, engineers are using digital simulations and analysis to understand the aerodynamic impacts of new engines...before the B-52s take off. This will lead to reduced testing costs in the future as smart modeling can identify issues ahead of testing. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gBac5muV (Courtesy photo)

🙌✈️💓Let's show some LOVE for our outstanding Airmen! AFMC hit a 3-year high in the number of enlisted-to-officer selections in 2024 across a wide variety of United States Air Force commissioning programs! A total of 71 AFMC Airmen, assigned to AFMC and USSF units, were selected for commissioning programs, contributing to a seamless blend of expertise and innovation poised to shape the future of the service enterprise. The consistent growing number of selections highlight AFMC's success in nurturing talent and providing opportunities for Airmen to grow as future leaders in the Air and Space Forces. Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/epzF-ehd ➡️Airmen interested in commissioning opportunities can find additional information, including eligibility requirements, at the installation education services center, by contacting a local Air Force recruiter, or visiting www.airforce.com. Additional details are also available in DAFMAN 36-2032, Military Recruiting and Accessions. #USAF #readiness #meritocracy