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 has two Directorates 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)
AFSFC has two Directorates, Operations and Support. The Operation Directorate includes the Corrections Division (S3C), Training Division (S3T), Law & Order Division (S3P), Base Defense Division (S3B), and Weapons, Tactics, and Intel Division (S2/9W). The Support Directorate includes the Logistic Division (S4), Systems Division (S6), and Plans & Programs (S8).
Operations
S3C Corrections Division: Responsible for the transfer and management of Air Force Courts-Martialed members from worldwide confinement facilities for continued confinement in Level II and III facilities operated by the Department of the Navy and Army. The directorate maintains personnel and financial data on Courts-Martialed members who receive punitive discharge and/or 6 months confinement within the Air Force Corrections System to include members released on parole or appellate leave.
S3P Law & Order Division: Provides Security Forces with on-time capability and subject matter expertise to execute the law-and-order missions worldwide. Suites of services include; Police Services, Installation Access Control, Department of the Air Force Civilian Police, Military Working Dog, Investigations, and Explosive Detection Dog Taskings.
S3B Base Defense Division: Coordinates with MAJCOMs, AFPC and Security Forces units to schedule individual combat qualification and law enforcement training requirements across the enterprise. Provides guidance and support to AFIMSC Combat Support Training Range Management and Development. Manages AFSFC support and strategic interests associated with DAF readiness programs and initiatives impacting the career field and DAF Units of Action. Conducts Mission Assurance Assessments across more than 180 Department of the Air Force installations, supporting global power projection and evaluating mission assurance-related programs and activities across diverse functional areas. Identifies installation risks to missions and forces, analyzes assessment trends, and collaborates with AFIMSC to pinpoint capability gaps.
S3T Training Division: Develops, maintains, and standardizes Security Forces training spanning across the SF career field continuum of learning, enhancing Defenders’ individual and collective skills to deliver integrated defense for USAF, Joint and Coalition missions. Standardizes Security Forces training materials supporting initial skills, upgrade, readiness, and advanced training, enhancing Defenders’ individual and collective skills to deliver integrated defense for USAF, Joint and Coalition missions.
S2/9W Division: Intel, Lessons Learned, Weapons and Tactics, Ground Base Air Defense - Oversees program management for Weapons and Tactics, integrating lessons learned, after-action reviews, intelligence reporting, and best practices to ensure training and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) remain current and effective.
Supports the Security Forces enterprise through development and delivery of warfighting small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) and Counter-sUAS (C-sUAS) capabilities and training for minor unit deployed SF; also monitors the ACC Point Defense Program of record and JCO C-sUAS sub working groups for SF equities.
Leads sUAS warfighting capability development and fielding efforts. Employs C-sUAS Red Team to improve operational effectiveness at bases and units.
Support
S4 Logistics Division: Oversee the Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution of the Security Force Functional Community Logistics operations. Manages the Equipment, Weapons Configuration Board (EWCB) and provides input to the Requirements Working Group (RWG) to find enterprise solutions to Air Force Security Forces Capabilities Gaps.
S6 Systems Division: Deliver enterprise-ready Integrated Base Defense Security Systems (IBDSS) and resilient Information Technology capabilities by leading system integration, sustainment, and modernization efforts to enhance force protection, ensure interoperability, and enable secure mission execution across the enterprise.
S8 Plans & Programs Division: Drive Security Forces concepts and innovations, requirements generation, and research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) efforts to close capability gaps and deliver future-focused solutions, while leveraging media capabilities to amplify mission communication and support enterprise priorities.
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 September 2025)