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  • Wounded Warrior recalls dark days, bright recovery

    Bernard Lawson, wounded while serving as an Army chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear technical escort Soldier at Johnston Atoll, overcame major nerve damage injuries with the help from other wounded warriors, and is now AFIMSC's emergency manager.

  • #IAMIMSC: Emilie Miller

    Meet Emilie Miller, Innovation Program Analyst with the AFIMSC Expeditionary Support Directorate at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

  • Getting to know the new AFIMSC Det 2 commander

    Col. Michal Holliday took command of Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Detachment 2 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, during a virtual change of command ceremony May 21.

  • #IAMIMSC: Capt. Jacob Bright

    Meet Capt. Jacob Bright, Kuwait and Djibouti Construction Manager, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Strategic Design and Construction, Contingency Construction Management Office, Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait.

  • AFCEC consolidates program to maximize lethality, readiness

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Installations Directorate is taking the Air Force’s Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration program to new heights, preserving training areas to increase the lethality and readiness of our air and space forces.

  • #IAMIMSC: Alison Reid

    Meet Alison Reid, an accountant with the Air Force Services Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

  • #IAMIMSC: Tech. Sgt. Yessiell Perez

    Meet Tech. Sgt. Yessiell Perez, Receiving and Releasing Supervisor, Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar Detachment Pearl Harbor, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii 

  • Team votes in new AFIMSC tagline: ‘Your Success is Our Mission’

    The tagline represents the reason for AFIMSC's existence: the center was formed to centrally plan, build, maintain, improve and enhance the infrastructure and related support programs the Air Force -- and now the Space Force too -- has always relied on from the installation and mission support

  • #IAMIMSC: Roger Walton

    Meet Roger Walton, BRAC Environmental Coordinator with AFCEC at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

  • #IAMIMSC: Kevin Caber

    Meet Kevin Caber, Air Force Installation & Mission Support Center Detachment 9 Financial Manager, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

  • #IAMIMSC: Master Sgt. Robert Garcia

    Meet Master Sgt. Robert Garcia, 766th Specialized Contracting Squadron Strategic Acquisition Flight section chief, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

  • AFIMSC leans on technology to keep mission going

    Cancelled conferences, travel restrictions and social distancing guidelines due to the COVID-19 pandemic aren’t getting in the way of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s global mission.

  • #IAMIMSC: Cary Kelly

    Meet Cary Kelly, financial technician with the travel pay processing unit at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota

  • #IAMIMSC: Capt. Amy Bragg

    Meet Capt. Amy Bragg, the resource management chief for AFIMSC Detachment 8, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

  • Child care app wins AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo

    An idea to centralize and streamline the subletting of short-term slots at military child development centers won the 2020 Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Innovation Rodeo Feb. 7 in San Antonio.

  • APE ensures mission-ready airfields

    It takes a lot of pavement to launch an Air Force -- 2.2 billion square feet -- and in 2019, a Tyndall-based team of airfield engineers set a blistering pace to ensure that pavement was able to support aircraft worldwide in flying more than 1.2 million hours.

  • Early contact eases newcomers’ transition

    Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center leaders are encouraging early contact with inbound AFIMSC newcomers and families to ensure smooth transitions into the organization. 

  • AFIMSC announces topics for I-WEPTAC 2020

    The topics have been selected and the chairpersons will be on board this month. What remains is determining who will fill the ranks of the four Mission Area Working Groups charged with tackling some of the Air Force’s biggest Agile Combat Support challenges at the 4th Annual Installation and Mission

  • AFMC commander lauds AFIMSC

    Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander of Air Force Materiel Command, told an audience at an All Call Sept 5 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland that the missions the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center conducts are critical to ensuring national defense.

  • SAF/CO, AFIMSC Enable Readiness Through Cloud-based Visualization Tool

    The AFMISC Innovation Office and the Air Force Chief Data Office successfully built the highly successful Installation Health Assessments using the Tableau visualization tool hosted on the Air Force’s Visible, Accessible, Understandable, Linked, and Trusted, or VAULT, Data Platform. This effort

  • Passion for fitness drives AFIMSC colonel

    As an Air Force Academy cadet, Yvonne Spencer hated running. Now – 14 marathons, 15 sprint/Olympic-distance triathlons, 10 half-ironman triathlons and 7 Ironman triathlons later – she says her passion for the challenge of training and competing has helped her become a better Airman and leader.

  • AFCEC summits promote whole-of-government response

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, which provides environmental remediation support to Air Force headquarters, major commands and installations, reintroduced the annual summits - an eastern, western and central - in 2016. The goal was to strengthen relationships between the Air Force, state and

  • Wilcox takes command of AFIMSC

    Maj. Gen. Tom Wilcox took command of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center July 25 at a ceremony in the Gateway Club on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

  • IHA goes live in cloud

    The status of Air Force installation and mission support programs is now just a click away, thanks to the new Installation Health Assessment tool’s cloud analytics capability.

  • I-WEPTAC delivers third straight year of innovation

    Mission Area Working Groups delivered innovative solutions to the Air Force’s top Agile Combat Support challenges at the 3rd Annual Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference outbrief here April 10.

  • AFIMSC partners with industry for future success

    Operating at the speed of relevance is key to Air Force future success and that’s not possible without partnering with industry. That was the message delivered April 9 by presenters during the annual Air Force Installation and Mission Support Industry Day held in conjunction with AFIMSC’s

  • CSAF stresses importance of mission support role at I-WEPTAC

    The Air Force’s top general stressed the installation and mission support community’s role in the National Defense Strategy when he kicked off the 3rd Annual Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference here April 8.

  • Innovation Rodeo moves ideas closer to reality

    SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Three innovative ideas that support worldwide warfighter success are one step closer to reality today thanks to the first Air Force Innovation Rodeo, $650,000 in total seed money, and a partnership with AFWERX and tech accelerator companies.During the Air Force Installation and

  • Estep focuses on developing leaders

    Since assuming her position as the new AFIMSC executive director last fall, Lorna Estep has gained a greater appreciation for people across the center and their diverse missions.

  • Registration opens for 3rd annual I-WEPTAC

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center announces registration for the Third Annual Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference is open.

  • Tyndall to host first Industry Day in rebuild effort

    The Air Force will host the first industry day for the Tyndall Air Force Base rebuild at Florida State University, Panama City, Florida, on January 31, 2019, from 8:00 am-12:00 pm. This “state of the installation” presentation will inform the Air Force’s potential partners in industry and elected

  • Commander talks priorities in new AFIMSC podcast

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center launched a new podcast Oct. 17 dedicated to delivering news and information directly from the center’s leaders, experts and teammates. The first episode of “Inside AFIMSC” features a conversation with Maj. Gen. Brad Spacy, AFIMSC commander, about

  • SECAF announces AFIMSC leadership changes

    Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson announced senior executive service leadership changes for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center on Sept. 27.

  • Back to Bases: AFCEC revives environmental workshop

    Air Force senior leaders and environmental experts from around the globe tackled a variety of installation environmental issues during the 2018 Air Force Environmental Workshop Aug. 7 - 9 in downtown San Antonio.

  • New vice arrives

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's second vice commander arrived for duty in mid-July and he’s ready to work with the team to shape the future of Air Force installation and mission support operations.

  • AFSVA announces art contest winners

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — When 2017 Air Force Art Contest results were announced recently, two artists from the same installation celebrated repeat victories. Josh Pugeau, a civilian missile inspector with the 709th Maintenance Support Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, won the

  • AF sweeps youth sports program awards

    The Hurlburt Field,Florida, Youth Sports Program is one of five winners of a National Alliance for Youth Sports Excellence in Youth Sports Award. Air Force personnel also won NAYS Coach of the Year and Parent of the Year Awards.

  • Wanted: The Air Force’s best entertainer

    The Air Force Services Activity is rolling three talent contests into one mega competition with a total of $20,000 in prize money.The 2017 Entertainer of the Year Talent Competition is open to active-duty Airmen, Air National Guardsmen, Air Force Reserve members and their immediate family. This

  • Patrol team’s unique desert mission

    Manning base gates and protecting the flightline are typical missions security forces Airmen experience during a deployment. They train to perform these regular assignments back home before heading overseas. Members of the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron base security zone patrol team

  • Air Force announces HQ AFIMSC candidate bases

    Air Force officials announced today Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Joint Base San Antonio, Scott Air Force Base, and Wright-Patterson AFB as candidate bases to potentially host the headquarters (HQ) for the new Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (AFIMSC).

  • Air Force creates Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center

    The Air Force is centralizing its installation support management within a newly created Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Air Force officials announced July 11. The change resulted from a comprehensive effort to reduce overhead costs; increase efficiencies; eliminate redundant