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Show D Continued from Page - 1 initially contemplated. "However, that discovery has a positive side," he said. "We were not thinking big enough when we conceived it. There is a lot more benefit that is coming out of the IWSM process than I originally imagined. "Twenty-on- e programs have been integrated and are operational. So we know that IWSM works. But doing it in 21 programs is a lot different than 450 programs. I'm not going to tell people that they're going to go do this and there won't be hitches. But the payoff is obvious saving taxpayers money, better management, better use of our people and other resources." Weapon systems, such as aircraft, missiles and spacecraft, are developed and acquired through AFMC's four product centers, using science and technologies developed at their affiliated laboratories. The systems are then tested at the command's three test centers, and are serviced, overhauled and modified at the five air logistics centers. At the end of their service lives, aircraft are retired to AFMC's storage and reclamation facility in Arizona. AFMC also provides support to other U.S. military services and allies in addition to its responsibility of handling major aerospace projects for the Department of Defense. These include the research and development, testing and evaluation of rocket boosters, satellites, space probes and associated systems in support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Air Force veteran, brings to his Yates, a 32-ye- ar Z Locations of major AFMC facilities and installations .T; I f GfirfissAFB, C I Utah Hill AFB. aL, McClellan AFB, Calif. ) VW Newark AFB. Ohio H Wright-Patterso- k AFB, Ohio n W Boiling AFB, D.cA V Edwards AFB, Calif. V Kirtiand AFB, N.M. VLos Angeles f Arnold AFB, Term, Tinker AFB, OkJa. AFB. Calif. Robins AFB. Ga. Davis-Month- AFB, Ariz. " Maxwell AFB, A!a EglinAFB, Fla. Kelly AFB, Texas Pr-"- -- Tv" !" new position as the first commander of AFMC a wealth of experience in the development, acquisition and testing of aerospace systems. In addition to being a test pilot, past assignments have included work as the developmental test director for the 0 program, as well as being the program director for A-1- - ""sXNSw j V and aircraft. both the Yates also commanded the 4950th Test Wing from July 1981 to April 1983. Prior to assuming command of AFSC in April 1990, he served as the principal deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. F-1- 5 F-1- 6 Wright-Patterson-bas- ed AF Materiel Command: Just the facts Air Force Materiel Command's mission is to develop, deliver and sustain the best products for the world's best Air Force. It is the Air Force's largest command, in terms of employees and funding. AFMC researches, develops, tests, acquires, delivers and ly supports every Air Force weapon system and other military systems. AFMC works closely with its customers, the operational commands, to ensure each has the most capable aircraft, missiles and support equipment possible. The command uses five goals to help build a better Air Force: satisfy its customers' needs in war and peace, enable its people to excel, sustain technological superiority, enhance the excellence of its business practices and operate quality installations. AFMC fulfills its mission of equipping the Air Force with the best weapon systems through a series of facilities that foster "cradle-to-grave- " oversight for aircraft, missiles and munitions, and those who operate them. Weapon systems, such as planes and missiles, are developed and acquired through its four product centers, using science and technology from their four major laboratories. The systems are tested in AFMC's three test centers, and then are serviced and receive major repairs over their lifetime at the command's five air logistics centers. Many other development and logistics functions are handled in the command's specialized centers. Finally, aircraft and missiles are "retired" in. AFMC's Arizona desert centers Aeronautical Systems Center at (human resources and aerospace medicine). It develops and acquires systems such as life support, chemical warfare defense, air base support and aeromedical casualty. Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., designs $ and acquires all Air Force and most DOD space systems. It oversees it checklaunches, completes to then over user turns outs, systems agencies. It supports the Program Executive Office Space on the Navstar Global Positioning System; Defense Satellite Communications System; Wright-Patterso- n AFB, Ohio, is Milstar system; Titan IV; Defense. for the research, develop- Meteorological Satellite Program; responsible ment, test, evaluation, and initial ac- Defense Support Program; and, quisition of aeronautical systems and Follow-O- n Early Warning System. It related equipment for the Air Force. also supports development and acquiICBMs for the Air Its major active programs are the B-- 2 sition of land-base- d Office StraForce Executive and bombers, the Advanced Program Cruise Missile, the 7 airlifter, the tegic Systems. 2 fighter, and continuing work on the Stealth fighter, the 5 Eagle and the 6 Fighting Falcon. Through 1990, Air Force research Electronic Systems Center at Han-scowas centered in more than a dozen AFB, Mass., develops and ac- laboratories scattered around the quires command, control, communicacountry, but they all now are comtions, computer and intelligence sys- bined under four "super labs," which tems. Among the systems developed are the heart of AFMC's research efforts. by the center are mission planning systems, the Airborne Warning and ConArmstrong Laboratory, located at trol System, the Ballistic Missile Early Brooks, ensures the Air Force's Warning System, the Joint Surveil- weapon systems and the people operlance Target Attack Radar System, ating them are compatible. The laboraand the North American Aerospace tory researches and develops Defense Command center in Colorado. technology for mamtaining, protecting Human Systems Center at Brooks and enhancing human capabilities durAFB, Texas, has the role of integrat- ing Air Force operations. Its efforts ing and maintaining people in Air are concentrated on aerospace mediForce systems and operations. The cine, crew systems, human resources, incenter concentrates on and occupational and environmental environhealth. It is part of Human Systems tegration, crew protection, mental protection and force readiness Center, also at Brooks. on-orb- B-1- B C-1- F-2- illtop Times Published by MorMedia, Inc., a private firm in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive written contract with Hill AFB. This commercial enterprise Air Force newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the U.S. military services. Contents of the Hilltop Times are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. government, the Department of Defense or the Department of the Air Force. Super labs F-1- A F-1- m crew-syste- m The appearance of advertisements in this publication, including inserts or supplements, does not constitute endorsement by the Department of the Air Force or MorMedia, Inc. of the products or services advertised. 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