Air Armament Center

Air Armament Center
AIM-120 AMRAAM air-air missile
developed at the Air Armament Center
Active16 October 1943 – 18 July 2012
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
RoleWeapons Sustainment
Part ofAir Force Materiel Command
BaseEglin Air Force Base
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Major General Kenneth D. Merchant
(final commander)
Insignia
Air Armament Center emblem

The Air Armament Center (AAC) was an Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) center at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, responsible for development, acquisition, testing, and deployment of all air-delivered weapons for the U.S. Air Force. Weapon systems maintained by the center included the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, High-speed anti-radiation missile, HARM Targeting System, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, Joint Direct Attack Munition, Miniature Air-Launched Decoy, Sensor Fuzed Weapon, and the Small Diameter Bomb.[1] The Air Armament Center was inactivated as an AFMC center on 18 July 2012, and its functions merged into the former 96th Air Base Wing at Eglin AFB. The new organization was renamed as the 96th Test Wing (96 TW) the same day as a subordinate command of the Air Force Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California.[2]

  1. ^ Eglin Air Force Base Air Armament Center Fact Sheet Archived 13 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)