Material Division
| Air Force Materiel Command | |
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Shield of Air Force Materiel Command
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| Active | 1 July 1992 – present (25 years, 6 months) |
| Country |
 United States of America
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| Branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Type | Major Command |
| Role | Deliver and support agile war-winning capabilities |
| Size | 77,416 Airmen 129 aircraft |
| Headquarters | Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, U.S. |
| Decorations |
 Air Force Organization Excellence Award |
| Website | www |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Gen Ellen M. Pawlikowski |
| Vice Commander | Maj Gen Warren D. Berry |
| Command Chief | CCM Jason L. France |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Attack | A-10C, MQ-1B, MQ-9B |
| Bomber | B-1B, B-2A, B-52H |
| Fighter | F-15C/D, F-15E, F-16C/D, F-22A, F-35A |
| Multirole helicopter | HH-60G |
| Utility helicopter | UH-1N |
| Reconnaissance | RC-135V/W, RQ-4B |
| Trainer | T-38C |
| Transport | C-5A/B/C/M, C-12C/D/F/J |
| Tanker | KC-46A, KC-135R/T |
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.
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):
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