• This week in AFLCMC history - June 20 - 26, 2022

    This week’s "Heritage Hangar" has a few more organizational stories than usual, but they highlight key moments of how we got to where we are today as an Air Force, a MAJCOM, and as a Center (or part of one).

  • This week in AFLCMC history - May 30 - June 5, 2022

    30 May 2022 (AFLCMC) In honor of Memorial Day that is being recognized today: It has been a long-standing Army Air Corps policy to name its fields for aviators who died in the line of duty. This includes several of AFLCMC’s locations. Frank S. Patterson perished in a test flight in 1918 over Wilbur

  • This week in AFLCMC history - May 23 - May 29, 2022

    This installment of "Heritage Hangar" details some of the people, planes and organizations from AFLCMC past with a connection to this week on the calendar. The Highlight for this edition goes all the way back to the Wright Brothers and explains part of why WPAFB is where it is and has seen 118 years

  • This week in AFLCMC history - May 16 - May 20, 2022

    This 'Heritage Hangar' features all three “Globemaster” types. The feature piece gives an example of the importance of technology transition/risk-reduction between the Labs and the Program Offices.

  • This week in AFLCMC history - April 25 - 29, 2022

    This week's "Heritage Hangar" spans nearly the entire first century of military aviation, including armament and engines, with a couple of systems that AFLCMC still manages. Information includes a brief introduction to one of most important technologies to come out of our predecessor organization at