Air Force Materiel Command; A Legacy in Military Aviation Logistics and R&D
Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1993. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 16 pages. Illustrations. References. Cover has some wear and soiling. Beverly Follis worked in the History Office of the Air Force Systems Command from 1982 through 1992 as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee. Her work involved various projects involving research and writing. Some projects were very extensive requiring months of research and writing. Research was accomplished through interviews, reading current material such as newspapers and periodicals, scanning files of data and library research. She became a full time Command Historian about a year before the Command closed at Andrews AFB, Washington, D.C., to merge into the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. Her duties were to supervise the completion of the final annual history of Air Force Systems Command; to supervise the transfer of 6 tons of the archives (to include classified documents) from Washington, D.C. to Dayton, OH. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) is a major command of the United States Air Force (USAF). AFMC was created on July 1, 1992, through the amalgamation of the former Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) and the former Air Force Systems Command (AFSC). AFMC is headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The commander of AFMC is General Ellen M. Pawlikowski and the vice commander is Major General Warren D. Berry. Chief Master Sergeant Jason L. France is the Command Chief. AFMC is one of ten Air Force Major Commands (MAJCOM) and has a workforce of approximately 80,000 military and civilian personnel. It is the Air Force’s largest command in terms of funding and second in terms of personnel. AFMC’s operating budget represents 31 percent of the total Air Force budget and AFMC employs more than 40 percent of the Air Force’s total civilian workforce. The command conducts research, development, testing and evaluation, and provides the acquisition and life cycle management services and logistics support. The command develops, acquires and sustains the aerospace power needed to defend the United States and its interests. This is accomplished through research, development, testing, evaluation, acquisition, maintenance and program management of existing and future USAF weapon systems and their components. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Air Force Materiel Command, AFMC, Guyford Stever, Military Logistics, Military Research and Development, R&D, Wright-Patterson AFB, Flying Wings, Theodore von Karman, Henry Arnold, Chuck Yeager, Donald Putt, ICBM, Stealth Bomber, Stealth Fighter
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