The Air Force Security Forces Center (AFSFC), located at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is one of four Primary Subordinate Units under the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center and assigned to Air Force Materiel Command.
AFSFC trains, equips and manages program execution for the Air Force security forces enterprise across the globe. AFSFC’s cross-functional team provides subject matter expertise to the field to drive integration, innovation and advancement of SF mission sets to deliver integrated defense, conduct law and order operations, provide security protection for nuclear and non-nuclear assets, acquire, disseminate and provide training and maintenance of small arms and light weapons and other Defender equipment, provide military working dog support, deliver sustainment and other training to Defenders, and manage AF corrections.
AFSFC enables missions by providing SF functional implementation guidance for AF/A4S policy and standards for force providers and operational commanders. AFSFC identifies and evaluates SF functional requirements and develops ExPlans, as appropriate. AFSFC represents the SF career field and informs the AFIMSC plans and programming process of SF functionally-prioritized requirements.
The organization was established as the Air Force Office of Security Police, and activated as a separate operating agency, on Sept. 1, 1979. Effective Feb. 5, 1991, its status changed from a separate operating agency to a field operating agency. On Aug. 1, 1991 it was redesignated as the Air Force Security Police Agency. The organization was redesignated as the Air Force Security Forces Center on March 17, 1997, and concurrently its status changed from a field operating agency of the U.S. Air Force to a direct reporting unit. Effective Oct. 1, 1998, the status of this organization returned to that of a field operating agency of the USAF. Status was change again on Oct. 1, 2014 when the unit went from a field operating agency to a primary subordinate unit under the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Provisional.
Assignments. HQ, United States Air Force, Sept. 1, 1979; Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Provisional, Oct. 1, 2014; Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, April 6, 2015.
Stations. Kirtland AFB, NM, Sept. 1, 1979; Lackland AFB (later, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland), Texas, Oct. 1, 1997
Decorations. Air Force Organizational Excellence Award: Oct. 1, 2002- Sept. 30, 2004
Emblem. Approved April 4, 1997
Mission: Develops, delivers and executes Security Forces capabilities and associated programs for Air Force and Joint mission sets enabling a safe and secure operating environment.
Vision: Driving integrated protection for the Air Force through innovation and deliberate program execution.
Organization
AFSFC is comprise of its headquarters, two squadrons and five operating locations.
Locations
Headquarters 320th Correctional and Rehabilitation Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California
570th Combat Training Squadron, Ft. Bliss, Texas, Ground Combat Readiness Training Center and Security Forces Logistics Detail
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
OL A, Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
OL B, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina
OL C, Chesapeake, Northwest Naval Annex, Virginia
OL E JBSA-Lackland (co-located with CCSD at Security Hill)
OL F Eglin AFB (co-located with AFOTEC)
Headquarters
Headquarters AFSFC includes the Air Force Confinement and Corrections Directorate (FC), Operations and Training Directorate (S23), Logistics Directorate (S4) and Strategic Plans and Requirements Directorate (S56).
FC - AF Confinement and Corrections Directorate
Mission: The Confinement and Corrections Directorate is responsible for the transfer and management of Air Force courts-martialed members from worldwide confinement facilities for continued confinement in regional correctional facilities operated by the Department of Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps. The directorate maintains courts-martial, personnel and financial data of inmates confined in the Air Force Corrections System and members released on parole or appellate leave. In addition, the directorate is responsible for victim/witness notifications and management of the Prison Rape Elimination Act program.
S23 - Operations and Training Directorate
Mission: The Operations and Training Directorate provides policy, resource advocacy and guidance across the force protection spectrum in the areas of doctrine, antiterrorism, training and mission assurance assessment.
Divisions: It is composed of five divisions: Operations Fusion Cell (S2N), Law and Order Division (S3P), Mission Assurance Division (S3M), Training Division (S3T) and the Air Base Air Defense Division (S3A).
S4 - Logistics Directorate
Mission: The Logistics Directorate provides acquisition/distribution of Individual Protective and logistics detail equipment, acquisition/distribution of small arms/light weapons and administration of the Air Force’s Non-Lethal Weapons program.
Divisions: The directorate is composed of two divisions: Equipment & Resources Division (S4E) and Weapons Management Division (S4W).
S56 - Strategic Plans and Requirements
Mission: The directorate manages current and future requirements for integrated base defense security systems, facilitates development, integration and synchronization of USAF security forces operational concepts, doctrines, strategy and innovation efforts. It also provides oversight of security forces systems development and maintenance and serves as the liaison to the AFIMSC Financial Management Directorate (FM).
Divisions: It is composed of two divisions: Information Technology Division (S6T) and Requirements Division (S5G), plus the Concepts and Innovation cell.
320th Correctional and Rehabilitation Squadron
The squadron, headquartered at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, supports the operation of the Department of Defense's largest level 2 and only female level 3 security prison for armed forces personnel who have committed the most serious criminal offenses; represent the Air Force, delivering administrative, health, welfare, morale, training and professional development functions for assigned personnel; preside over disciplinary boards for inmates from all branches of service, Air Force parole and revocation boards to maintain good order and discipline among the population; provide operational control for the Navy detachment and liaison services for Air Force and Navy inmates; and, facilitate mental health treatment to avoid recidivism while creating productive members of society.
Operating Locations: MCAS Miramar; JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii; JB Charleston, South Carolina; Chesapeake Northwest Naval Annex, Virginia – supports the training & education of over 440 multi-service students annually affecting 36 Military Confinement Facilities. Facilitates the development of students through practical skills to hands-on laboratory demonstrations, ensuring all DOD and Department of Justice regulations are upheld.
570th Combat Training Squadron
The squadron, located at Fort Bliss, Texas, is a Total Force-operated premier U.S. Air Force readiness training center and centralized Unit Type Code Logistics Detail deployment hub. The Desert Defender Readiness Training Center has a two-fold mission to train and equip Defenders to meet Combatant Commander requirements through the delivery of sustainment readiness training, Expeditionary Combat Certification Readiness Training, and advanced Ground Combat Skills training; and through the management and deployment of LOGDET UTCs that provide scalable, light, lean, lethal and mobile capability-based equipment packages to conduct the full range of expeditionary missions.
(Current as of December 2024)