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▍ Air Materiel Command

Aliases

AAFMS (Army Air Forces Materiel and Services)AMCAMC/Wright-PattersonAir Corps Maintenance Command — early predecessor (1941)Air Materiel CommandAir Materiel Command (original)Air Materiel Command, USAFAir Matériel CommandAir Service Command — intermediate designation (1941–1942)Air Technical Service Command (ATSC) [predecessor]Air Technical Service Command (ATSC) — predecessor designation until March 1946Air Technical Service Command (predecessor designation)Commanding General, Air Materiel CommandUSAF Air Materiel CommandWright Field CommandWright Field Technical Intelligence Division

Disambiguation

Major command of the US Air Force (1946–1961), NOT to be confused with modern Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC, established 1992). The historical AMC was headquartered at Wright-Patterson AFB and overseen the first formal UFO/UAP investigations (Projects SIGN, Grudge, Blue Book).

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Organization

military-branchUSfounded: 1946

Enrichment

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Air Materiel Command
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- Established March 9, 1946
- Headquarters at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- Handled logistics, depot-level aircraft maintenance, research and development
- Redesignated Air Force Logistics Command April 1, 1961
Investigation of UFO reports by the United States government
Wikipedia▎ high· 2026-05-14
- AMC Technical Intelligence Division at Wright Field collected UFO reports in 1947
- Project SIGN (first formal UFO investigation) established January 22, 1948 under AMC
- AMC oversaw Projects SIGN, Grudge, and Blue Book
- Investigated 12,618 total reports between 1947–1969

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Air Materiel Command

Description (EN)

Low-signal entity — referenced 27 time(s) across 8 document(s). No external enrichment performed (criteria: ≥3 mentions). Use the page references below for raw context.

Descrição (PT-BR)

Entidade de baixo sinal — referenciada 27 vez(es) em 8 documento(s). Sem enriquecimento externo (critério: ≥3 menções). Use as referências de páginas abaixo para contexto bruto.