Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) was created July 1, 1992 through the reorganization of Air Force Logistics Command and Air Force Systems Command . It’s headquarters is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. It is one of nine major commands (MAJCOMs), reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HQ USAF ):
Mission
AFMC’s mission is to develop, acquire, and sustain air and space power needed to defend the United States and its interests.
Personnel
AFMC has a workforce of about 90,000 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 57 percent of the Air Force budget, and AFMC employs more than 40 percent of the Air Force’s total civilian workforce.
Resources
AFMC fulfills its mission of equipping the Air Force with weapons systems through a series of facilities that foster cradle-to-grave oversight for aircraft, missiles, munitions, and the people who operate them. Weapon systems , such as aircraft and missiles, are developed and acquired through four major product centers using science and technology from the research sites that make up the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The systems are tested in AFMC’s two test centers, then are serviced and receive major repairs over their lifetime at the command’s air logistics centers. Eventually, aircraft and missiles are “retired” to AFMC’s Arizona desert facility, the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
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