Air Force Materiel Command

Air Force Materiel Command
Air Force Materiel Command building, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Active	July 1992–Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Major Command
Role	Systems acquisition, research, development, testing, and maintenance
Size	75,000
Garrison/HQ	Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Nickname(s)	AFMC
Commanders
Commander	General Ellen M. Pawlikowski
Vice Commander	Major General Warren D. Berry
Command Chief	Chief Master Sergeant Jason L. France
Insignia
Emblem of Air Force Materiel Command

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 necessary to keep Air Force weapon systems ready for war. The command develops, acquires and sustains the aerospace power needed to defend the United States and its interests for today and tomorrow. This is accomplished through research, development, testing, evaluation, acquisition, maintenance and program management of existing and future USAF weapon systems and their components.

The United States Armed Forces procurement of military aircraft began when the United States Army's Aeronautical Division of the Signal Corps (United States Army), acquired several examples of the Wright Military Flyer of 1909. USAAF/USAF aircraft Research and Development (R&D) was merged with aircraft procurement twice in the 20th Century (e.g., 1944, 1992):