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Col. Adelbert "Buz" Carpenter prepares for flight in the SR-71. Early in the program, Blackbird pilots wore the same space suit as the Gemini astronauts. (courtesy photo)

Pilot Recounts Legendary SR-71 Blackbird Aircraft

By U.S. Air Force

By Daryl Mayer, AFLCMC Public Affairs

“I think he’s out spying,” whispered Col. Adelbert “Buz” Carpenter’s 7-year-old daughter to a …

An airman is getting her head measured as a model of female aviators to use when designing female flight equipment prototypes. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Marcus M. Bullock

Redesigning Flight Equipment to Better Fit Female Aviators

By U.S. Air Force

Flight equipment is on its way through a major overhaul. The biggest change coming to the equipment is it is …

The X-37B is the United States' newest and most advanced unmanned reentry spacecraft. AFRL/RX materials science and engineering underpinned thermal materials, solar cells, and advanced lightweight structural materials in spacecraft from the Mercury program to today.(U.S. Air Force image)

AFRL/RX: A National Asset

By U.S. Air Force

From its inception in 1917 and through its entire 100-year history, the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate has been an …