Air Force Systems Command
The Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) is an inactive United States Air Force Major Command. It was established in April 1951, being split off from Air Materiel Command. The mission of AFSC was Research and Development for new weapons systems.
Lockheed-Boeing-General Dynamics YF-22 Advanced Tactical Fighters, 1990. The YF-22 was the last major weapons system delivered to Air Force Systems Command prior to its inactivation and merger into Air Force Materiel Command.
Bell P-59A (S/N 44-22609, the first United States jet fighter) and a P-63 Kingcobra (S/N 42-69417) in flight, 1944.
Chuck Yeager next to experimental aircraft Bell X-1 No. 1 Glamorous Glennis, 1947
Boeing B-52B Stratofortress carrying the North American X-15 Rocket Plane taking off from Edwards AFB, California
Air Force Materiel Command
The Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) 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).
Gen Duke Z. Richardson assumes command of AFMC on 13 June 2022.
Image: Gen Ronald W. Yates (cropped)
Image: Henry Viccellio
Image: Lt Gen Kenneth E. Eickmann