624:'s military buildup during the 1980s, the pace and scope of Air Force acquisition again escalated. Now the focus centered on the modernization of strategic systems which had atrophied during the Vietnam era and afterward. But increased activity and defense spending brought acquisition reform issues to the forefront. Cost, schedule, and quality problems troubled some major weapons programs. Media stories about spare parts overpricing and questionable contractor overhead charges created a national sensation. This negative publicity, coupled with soaring federal deficits and reductions in domestic spending, contributed by the middle of the decade to a political backlash against Ronald Reagan's military programs. The situation gave enormous political impetus to reductions of defense spending and an overhaul of the nation's military establishment, including its weapons acquisition practices. AFSC led the way for acquisition improvements with greater reliance on multi-year contracting to stabilize weapons programs and increased investment in modernization programs for the defense industrial base. On 26 April 1984 the vice-commander of AFSC, Lieutenant General
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During this turbulent period, new and updated weapons systems continued to join the USAF. The B-1B Lancer was delivered to SAC in record time, though with significant problems that would hamper its service career for some time. Stealth technology found its way to the ramps in the form of the
263:) had all either originated or been perfected outside the United States. Congress greatly increased funds for R&D. Subsequently, the engineering function resided in the Materiel Command, the AAF Technical Service Command, the Air Technical Service Command, and the Air Materiel Command.
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European rivals after the mid-1930s when Germany started a continental arms race. The threat of war at the decade's end began to change the situation. During the late 1930s American industry spent over $ 100 million annually on aviation research.
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concept (TPP). This system shifted many major program management functions to the
Pentagon. Stressing computer modeling, concurrency, and paper competitions among the contractors, TPP sharply curtailed the flexibility of Systems Command program managers. Cost overruns and serious technical
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The Atlas program led to the belief that the entire responsibility for deploying new weapons systems – from research, development and testing through procurement and production – should be vested in one command, rather than split between Air
Materiel Command (AMC) and ARDC. It was the
278:, Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, directed the AAF Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) to study the technological achievements of America's wartime allies and provide a blueprint for large-scale research and development of science and advanced technology for the Air Force.
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to put the R&D mission on a more equal footing with the operational Air Force. Accordingly, and in the face of intense Air Staff opposition, on 23 January 1950, the
Research and Development Command (RDC) came into being. Eight months later it was re-designated the
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AFSC took on engineering functions which formerly resided in the Air
Materiel Command (AMC), the Army Air Forces Technical Service Command (TSC), and the Air Technical Service Command (ATSC) as a separate research and development command in 1950. It incorporated
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challenged the entire spectrum of U.S. military capabilities. These factors led to a new wave of Air Force weapons development beginning in the late 1960s. Systems
Command found itself managing a broad array of new tactical and strategic programs including the
471:, completed in June 1958, which proposed a new Air Force command for weapons acquisition. With this report and a realization of DoD's desire to assign the military space mission to the Air Force, the Air Force won the approval of
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America on 17 September 1982. USAF Reference Series, Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C.
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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
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in March 1919, this organization carried out the research, development and testing of military aircraft, engines, airships and accessories. Renamed the
Materiel Division of the newly established
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programming languages. The draft AIMACO language definition was developed by an AMC-chaired committee of industry representatives from
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revised many McNamara policies. He decentralized the acquisition system and reemphasized prototyping in weapons development.
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482:(AFLC) while Air Research and Development Command, gaining responsibility for weapon system acquisition, was re-designated
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very high-altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft. In addition, ARDC played a major contribution in the development of
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on 23 August 1953. A crash program was employed which developed America's first ICBM (the
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628:, was killed during a retirement visit to the
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1140:Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
922:USAF Command and Control Development Division
301:, convinced Air Force Chief of Staff General
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502:difficulties in such TPP programs as the
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996:, Florida, 14 May 1951 – 1 October 1991
962:, New Mexico, 1 April 1952 – 1 July 1977
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765:, Texas, 1 November 1961 – 1 July 1992
587:Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
1450:"Air Force Systems Command Factsheet"
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833:USAF Armament Development Test Center
583:General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
348:Arnold Engineering Development Center
346:(ARDC) on 16 September 1950, and the
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344:Air Research and Development Command
308:Air Research and Development Command
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379:Intercontinental ballistic missiles
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1566:. Osprey Publishing. p. 257.
1182:Apollo Human Lunar Landing Program
183:in 1957. On 1 July 1992, AFSC and
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1564:Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs
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654:Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
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1562:Davies, Steve (1 January 2012).
1543:. National Bureau of Standards.
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752:Command bases and major units
589:ground support aircraft, the
387:thermonuclear (hydrogen) bomb
365:intercontinental bomber, the
276:General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
48:1 February 1950 – 1 July 1992
1013:Air Force Eastern Test Range
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373:turboprop transport and the
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781:USAF Medical Service Center
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363:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
259:) and ballistic missiles (
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37:Air Force Materiel Command
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710:Air Force Systems Command
615:Reconnaissance satellites
518:Vietnam era and aftermath
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648:fighter-bomber and the
638:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
540:Douglas EB-66 Destroyer
371:Lockheed C-130 Hercules
291:Survival in the Air Age
283:United States Air Force
161:United States Air Force
83:United States Air Force
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565:Sensors (FLIR), and
555:AC-119 Flying Boxcar
473:Secretary of Defense
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168:Air Materiel Command
105:, Maryland (1958–92)
1603:on 19 February 2013
1456:on 19 February 2013
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591:LGM-118 Peacekeeper
504:Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
441:United States Steel
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652:bomber. After the
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488:Bernard Schriever
429:UNIVAC Flow-Matic
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