The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center provides intermediate level deployment and distribution functional support to all Air and Space Force installations. AFIMSC provides enterprise management for deployment and distribution capabilities to fully support I&MS commanders.
AFIMSC works in partnership with the Air and Space Forces to provide enterprise-wide air and ground transportation, logistics plans and program analysis, support agreement, and traffic management support capabilities.
Air and Ground Transportation Support
The logistics readiness team provides intermediate level oversight, policy guidance, continuous evaluation and process improvement recommendations for air and ground transportation. These recommendations optimize innovation, standardization, training and compliance for operations across the enterprise to support the rapid delivery of air and space power anytime, anywhere. The team’s influence directly enhances overall mission accomplishment and increases the lethality and readiness of air and ground transportation Airmen to execute transportation capabilities across the full spectrum of military operations.
Logistics Plans Support
AFIMSC ensures equipment and personnel are where they’re needed, when they’re needed. The center supports the Department of the Air Force through deployment planning and execution readiness at all levels of command in aid of operational plans, contingency operations and emergency response plans.
This includes virtual reviews of installation support agreement programs to promote full compliance with headquarters policies and guidance.
The support agreements team oversees:
- 260 support agreement managers who conduct more than 70 base-level programs
- 4,000 agreements
- $2.2 billion in reimbursements collected annually supporting 624,000 people
Traffic Management
AFIMSC supports Air and Space Force traffic management capabilities by enhancing efficiencies in cargo and passenger movement operations. Traffic Management provides intermediate oversight, ensures adherence to governing policy, and provides subject matter expertise and assistance to ensure the rapid movement of cargo and DoD personnel on official travel. Cargo movement experts analyze shipping processes, track trends and assist logistics readiness squadrons with delivery of assets to meet critical mission needs. Passenger movement experts provide regulatory guidance support to DoD travelers and policy determinations to ensure personnel on official travel orders legally meet mission requirements.
Readiness
Major Command Functional Managers and Functional Area Managers deliver credible, responsive and integrated agile combat support readiness assessments, unit type code development, sourcing solutions, mission readiness training, and global career field manpower, manning and force development to headquarters and warfighting units for I&MS capabilities. MFM and FAM logistics experts evaluate personnel placements to ensure installation leaders receive trained and mission-ready logistics professionals. MFM and FAM professionals also review designed operational capability statements and mission essential tasks to ensure supportability of a unit’s core mission. Reviews include auditing readiness systems to identify unit resource deficiencies and facilitating corrective actions to further a unit’s ability to deliver combat power.
Programs
- Government Motor Vehicle Official Use Program Commercial Motor Vehicle Equivalent Examiner Program
- Special Transportation Services and Authorizations Liaison
- On-Line Vehicle Interactive Management System Data/Metrics Review and Management Program
- Air Force Government Motor Vehicle Licensing
- Air Force Government Motor Vehicle Misuse Program
- Air Force Documented Cargo Delivery Special Transportation Services and Authorizations Liaison
- Reusable Container Program
- Supply Discrepancy Report Program
- Transportation Discrepancy Report Program
- Intermodal Container Management Program
- Wood Packaging Management Program
- Mandatory Individual Billed Account usage
- Unused Ticket Reporting
- Support Agreement Management Tool
- Logistics Module
- Base Support & Expeditionary Planning Tool
- USNORTHCOM Base Support Installation checklist
- Air Transportation Function Program
- Unilateral Aircrew Training Program
(Current as of May 2022)