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  • Air Force pioneering innovative geothermal energy solutions

    Seeking to fortify defense infrastructure, the Department of the Air Force has signed agreements for groundbreaking geothermal energy prototype facilities at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, and Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. When operational, the new facilities will deliver continuous clean

  • AFIMSC I-WEPTAC 2023 MAWG 4 chair spotlight

    Maj. Zachary Schumann, 11th Civil Engineer Squadron Engineering Flight commander, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, D.C., is the chair for Mission Area Working Group 4 at the 2023 Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference. The out-briefs will take place on Oct. 4 with the four

  • AFIMSC I-WEPTAC 2023 MAWG 3 chair spotlight

    Lt. Col. Kale McGinnis, chief of the AFIMSC Resources Directorate Installation Support Branch, is the chair for Mission Area Working Group 3 at the 2023 Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference. The out-briefs will take place on Oct. 4 with the four MAWGs delivering their

  • Mission Monday: Acquisition Law

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday! Meet Jay Porier an acquisition fraud senior attorney in the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Legal Office.He assists acquisition and program team members across the center’s mission areas with ensuring their

  • AFIMSC I-WEPTAC 2023 MAWG 2 chair spotlight

    Maj. Ronda Underwood, chief of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Expeditionary Engineering Division at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, is the chair for Mission Area Working Group 2 at the 2023 AFIMSC Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference. The conference concludes Oct. 4

  • AFIMSC partners with DLA to fuel the Air Force fight

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is leading an $840 million effort to repair and replace fuel infrastructure at 83 Department of the Air Force installations.  Managed by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, the program is executing more than 200 fuel design and construction

  • AFIMSC I-WEPTAC 2023 MAWG 1 chair spotlight

    Lt. Col. Ross Dotzlaf, chief of facility sustainment restoration and modernization in the AFIMSC Installation Support Directorate, is the chair for Mission Area Working Group 4 at the 2023 Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference. The out-briefs will take place on Oct. 4, with

  • AFIMSC announces 2023 I-WEPTAC topics

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center has announced its 2023 Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference topics, and four Mission Area Working Groups are well on their way to finding solutions to the Department of the Air Force’s biggest agile combat support

  • Mission Monday: Acquisition Research & Development Support

    OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Alan Brady, a flight chief with the Air Force Installation Contracting Center’s 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron here.Brady and the 774th ESS team serves the Department of Defense’s research community to advance state-of-the-art, highly

  • Tyndall's 82nd ATRS facilities near completion

    With construction nearing completion, the 82nd Aerial Target Squadron prepares to take ownership of their new large and small boat facilities. The facilities sustained significant damage following the impact of Hurricane Michael in 2018 and are a part of the Department of Defense’s largest rebuild

  • Hispanic Heritage Month begins Sept. 15

    Every year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct.15. The month celebrates the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

  • Mawar response a family matter for AFCEC duo

    Nearly three months after Typhoon Mawar, clean-up and recovery efforts continue in the communities outside of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Members of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Natural Disaster Recovery Division, who have family in Guam, were not only worried about their loved ones but

  • Mission Monday: Police Services & Investigations

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Master Sgt. Matthew Kline, an action officer in the Air Force Security Forces Center’s Law and Order Division.  Kline and his teammates develop and deliver law enforcement capabilities to the Air Force Security Forces enterprise of

  • AFSVC reserve officer joins UTSA basketball as coach 

    An Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center teammate is going to be sitting courtside this season for the University of Texas at San Antonio men’s basketball team as an assistant coach. Around the Air Force Services Center, Lt. Col. Kurtis Darden is a reserve officer who is serving as an

  • Gamers needed to help build Air Force strategy

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is contracting with MITRE to test Airmen and Guardian decision making in a contested environment through video gaming. Registration opened Sept. 6 for military members to participate in eSports tournament GameX: Mission Generation Under Attack at

  • AFIMSC Portrait: Staff Sgt. Eric Oh

    AFIMSC Portraits highlight this week is with Staff Sgt. Eric Oh, whom was born in South Korea and moved to the U.S. with his family at 14 and began attending high school in Franklin, Tennessee. His journey led him to join the Air Force and earn his commission to not only serve his country but to

  • 2023 Air Force Photo Contest launches Sept. 15

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Photographers of all ages and experience, get your cameras ready for the annual Air Force Photo Contest set to launch Sept. 15!  The theme for this year’s contest, which runs through Nov. 14, is “101 Days of Summer.”  “We’ve been asking patrons since June to

  • Airmen, Guardian, Soldiers lead the way during Ranger Assessment Course

    Better leaders up and down the chain, commissioned and non-commissioned; that’s what the Air and Space Force will get when Airmen and Guardians are sent to the Ranger Assessment Course (RAC). As a commander and supervisor, wouldn’t you want those kinds of highly motivated, trained and dedicated

  • Mission Monday: Chaplain Services

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Tech. Sgt. Ana Mendez, Noncommissioned officer in charge of  executive support, Chaplain Corps Division in the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's Installation Support Directorate. In this position, she manages

  • AFIMSC Portrait: Senior Master Sgt. Bradley Kline

    AFIMSC Portraits highlight this week is with Senior Master Sgt. Bradley Kline whom was a 23-year-old staff sergeant when he was asked to lead an explosive ordnance disposal team during a deployment to Iraq in 2006. Today, as a senior enlisted leader in the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Joint

  • AFIMSC hosts final combat support training range evaluation

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center closed out its combat support training ranges proof of concept exercises by hosting six days of unit-led training and a senior leader visit here Aug. 13-18.The CSTR initiative expands multi-functional training opportunities for installation and

  • Mission Monday: Financial analysis

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Erin Massie, a financial analyst with the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 6 at Wright-Patterson AFB.She provides financial management support to the Air Force Materiel Command’s $1 billion installation

  • AFIMSC Portrait: Tiffany King

    AFIMSC Portraits highlight this week is with Tiffany King, whom enlisted in the Air Force to serve our nation. Now retired from active-duty and working as an executive support specialist for AFIMSC’s Detachment 10 at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, her servant heart has been a driving force throughout her

  • Mission Monday: Food 2.0 Portfolio Management

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Christie Maas, a Food 2.0 dining facility portfolio manager in the Air Force Services Center.Maas, one of several 2.0 portfolio managers, oversees and provides direction and support to all Department of the Air Force 2.0 dining

  • AFIMSC Portrait: David Dower

    AFIMSC Portraits highlight is with David Dower this week and serving Airmen and Guardians across the enterprise is important to him. Dower's career spans 40 years and as a systems engineer, being a civilian in the Air Force has given him a chance to serve an important Air Force mission.

  • Mission Monday: HVAC system management

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Gabriel Perez, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment specialist with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Operations Directorate.Perez and his coworkers on AFCEC’s Civil Engineer Maintenance Inspection and Repair Team evaluate

  • AFIMSC Portrait: Nikolas Chapapas

    AFIMSC Portraits highlight is with Nikolas Chapapas this week and he is the right type of Air Force leader. Chapapas, an enterprise manager within AFIMSC, is always putting the success and recognition of his team ahead of himself.

  • AF Entertainment rolls out comedy tour to 20+ installations

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Air Force Entertainment, managed by the Air Force Services Center, is rolling out a new, free, family-friendly comedy tour starting in August with stops at more than 20 stateside installations. “Our variety act tours are free, exciting and family friendly,”

  • Getting to know the new AFIMSC Detachment 1 commander

    The new Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center commander at Detachment 1 believes our nation depends on people from all walks of life, equally dedicated to the principles that make and keep our country free.

  • Tiny fish swims off the endangered species list

    A decades long partnership between the Department of the Air Force and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has brought one tiny Florida fish back from the brink of extinction.  The Okaloosa darter, a two-inch perch-like fish found only in the streams at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, was removed from

  • Herk Nation runway ready for take-off

    After nearly three years of construction, Herk Nation, along with congressional staffers and local civic leaders, gathered to officially celebrate the completion of the Little Rock Air Force Base runway construction project during a ceremony, Aug. 1, 2023.

  • AFCEC plays vital role in Air Force climate plan initiatives

    AFCEC has a significant role in climate change initiatives intended to enhance resiliency at Air Force installations by addressing the risks severe weather poses to infrastructure, operational capabilities and readiness as outlined in the Department of the Air Force Climate Campaign Plan.

  • New youth football camps deliver life, team skills to military youth

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – New youth football camps are delivering life and teambuilding skills at installations to rave reviews.  The camps, centrally funded by the Air Force Services Center’s child and youth programs, are at four installations for 2023 and are expected to grow

  • Mission Monday: Continuity of Operations & Crisis Action Team

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Bernard Lawson Jr., Continuity of Operations and Crisis Action Team program manager for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center enterprise. He works with representatives from across AFIMSC to ensure the organization is

  • Getting to know the new AFIMSC command chief

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The newest member of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center command team wants everyone in the organization to feel respected, valued and connected to the mission and each other. “I favor an environment where everyone, regardless of rank,

  • CSTR proof of concept tests Defender unit-led training, equipment delivery

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center moved another step forward in establishing combat support training ranges across the enterprise with a security forces-focused proof of concept exercise at the Silver Flag site here July 17-28.As part of the CSTR

  • Mobility Guardian 23 sharpens AFMC’s warfighter support

    Air Force Materiel Command logisticians have worked behind the scenes on Exercise Mobility Guardian 23 since Fall 2022 and are critical to the successful planning and execution of Air Mobility Command’s largest, and arguably most challenging, exercise in years. 

  • AFMC Spark Tank open through Aug. 27

    Air Force Materiel Command uniformed and civilian Airmen and Guardians are invited to submit their game-changing ideas now to compete in the AFMC Spark Tank: Integrated Capabilities Challenge, with the submission window open through Aug. 27.

  • Mission Monday: Acquisition Program Management

    WRIGHT-PATERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – It’s Mission Monday. Lynn Bauer is an acquisition program manager and section chief with the Air Force Installation Contracting Center’s 771st Enterprise Sourcing Squadron. Bauer and her team deliver strategic acquisition solutions at the enterprise level. We

  • Automated scheduling could alleviate a huge burden for Airmen, Guardians

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Master Sgt. Michael Olsen, maintenance training manager for the 325th Maintenance Group, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, created a mission readiness training scheduler to eliminate manual input required to schedule formal training courses. The hybrid

  • AFWERX accepts applications for fall fellowship

    AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force and a directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory, is accepting applications for its Traditional fall fellowship program July 17 to Aug. 18.

  • Mission Monday: Security Forces Readiness Training

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Alijhondroe Wiley, Readiness Training Center Scheduling program manager at the Air Force Security Forces Center’s headquarters in San Antonio. He and his teammates oversee Defender education and training programs and services, with a

  • Vehicle inspection database could save 44,000 man hours annually

    2nd Lt. Kiara Nuevo saw how much time and paperwork went into completing a government vehicle inspection, she saw a solution: go digital. Nuevo, 305th Aerial Port Squadron Passenger Operations and Innovations program manager at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, developed a process to

  • Chatbot aims to simplify the lives of DAF personnel and families

    Varlin Sheffey, computer scientist for the Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and Tech. Sgt. Jeremiah Grenfell, noncommissioned officer in charge of system maintenance for the Combined Force Space Component Command at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station,

  • Once an Artist, Always an Artist: Maj. Lindsay Cordero

    Maj. Lindsay Cordero, AFGSC legislative liaison officer, was interviewed by AFGSC's Public Affairs Office since being featured on Artisan Air. It highlights her mission of bringing joy and belonging through her art and writing, which focuses on children’s literacy, conservation, and mental health.

  • AFSVC announces 2023 Air Force Art Contest winners

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Services Center announced the winners of the 2023 Air Force Art Contest July 11. “With over 1,400 entries this year, the judges had a challenging time deciding the top three in each of the categories,” said Debbie Southee, community programs

  • Defender’s drone deploys in minutes to detect threats

    Tech. Sgt. Dustin Spooner, noncommissioned officer in charge of concepts and innovations for the Air Force Security Forces Center, has an innovative idea to enhance the operational success of small unmanned aerial systems across the Air Force enterprise.

  • Mission Monday: Services Program Analysis

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet David Fish, services program analyst in the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Installation Support Directorate in San Antonio.Fish and the directorate’s Airman and Family Services team are responsible for capturing

  • Top Chaplain Top Pitmaster

    Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Randall E. Kitchens, Chief of Chaplains for the Department of the Air Force, second Chief of Chaplains of the United States Space Force, visited the 14th Flying Training Wing to provide updates to the Chaplain Next 2.0 Strategic Plan, also known as HC NEXT June 30, 2023.

  • 2023 Hurricane Season; are you prepared?

    Every year members of Tyndall must organize and prepare for Hurricane season. For the Emergency Management flight, it is their responsibility to prepare, prevent, mitigate, recover and respond to any natural disasters or chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear events both man-made and

  • AFIMSC plans transition to A-Staff structure

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is embracing a new era of operational effectiveness and collaboration with a plan to adopt the Air Force Forces staff structure, more commonly known as an A-Staff.

  • Mission Monday: Human Resources     

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Bobbie-Jo Mafnas, a human resources specialist at the Air Force Services Center.Mafnas, who was born and raised on the island of Guam, works with the Centralized Background Investigation team to ensure background investigation

  • AFIMSC takes three AFMC continuous improvement, innovation awards

    Primary subordinate units from the Air Installation and Mission Support Center won three categories at the 2023 Air Force Materiel Command Continuous Improvement (CPI) and Innovation Awards last month. The awards for 15 individual and team categories recognize significant contributions to 2022 AFMC

  • Mission Monday: Security Forces Innovation

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Alexander Erb, an innovations program manager at the Air Force Security Forces Center.Erb and a small team at the center serve as the security forces enterprise innovation hub for 38,000 Defenders, providing technical guidance and

  • Mission Monday: DAF Food & Beverage

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Senior Master Sgt. Daniel Ramirez Rivera, the Air Force Services Center’s Department of the Air Force Food and Beverage superintendent.Ramirez and his team provide functional program support, policy and guidance clarification, and

  • Why the A-Staff?

     Imperative for ChangeThe US may now face adversaries capable of wielding a disruptive and dangerous operational reach with mass, precision, and speed in all domains.[1] This increasingly complex environment requires the Air Force to shift away from centralized organizational constructs that were

  • Hill Airman competes in Esports Invitational

    Staff Sgt. Tristan Biese with the 2d Audiovisual Squadron participated in the Department of the Air Force Esports Invitational 2023 in San Antonio, Texas, May 27-28.Biese, a video production specialist at Hill was one of 12 gamers representing the DAF and one of six on his team in the professional

  • Be Ready for severe weather season

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Although some natural disasters can strike at any time, people in many areas need to be particularly aware of severe weather season which brings increased risk of tornadoes, wildfires, thunderstorms with heavy rain, flooding and damaging winds.For example,

  • AFCEC successfully tests multi-capable Airmen airfield repair concept

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The concept of a cross section of Airmen carrying out important wartime tasks seems like a good idea, but does it work?That’s what the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s readiness team set out to prove May 22-24 during a Rapid Damage Repair Multi-Capable

  • Getting to know AFIMSC director of resources

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The director of resources for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center since December 2022, Melissa Blakesly and her team manage the annual execution of more than $10 billion of combat and mission support funding for the Department of the Air

  • Air Force set to release 30-episode Artisan Air series

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Services Center is set to release the first five episodes of its highly anticipated Artisan Air series Memorial Day weekend.The new series showcases the creativity and depth of talent in the Air Force and Space Force.“The Air Force Services

  • Mission Monday: Commander Support Staff

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Airman 1st Class Jessica Espinoza, a commander’s support staff technician at the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center headquarters. Espinoza and the CSS team provide administrative support to local directorates,

  • Air Force transporters deliver agility, lethality

    In recognition of National Defense Transportation Day on May 19, here’s a look at what AFIMSC’s logistics pros bring to the fight. Dominant logistic capabilities that traverse the air and ground are key to the agility and lethality of a superior force. That’s what the transportation teams at the Air

  • Mission Monday: Expeditionary and Readiness Training

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet David Clifford, lead analyst for expeditionary and readiness training in AFIMSC’s Expeditionary Support and Training Division.Clifford and his teammate, Robert Carrillo, integrate and represent both the AFIMSC enterprise and

  • AFIMSC completes largest runway construction project in years

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center recently completed a $352.6 million, full-depth rebuild of the remote runway at the Ascension Island Auxiliary Airfield.The effort was led by AFIMSC’s Air Force Civil Engineer Center and their contracting

  • Services center announces summer camps, activities for kids

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – We’ll be saying hello to summer before we know it with kids saying goodbye to teachers, textbooks and school campuses.For months now, the Air Force Services Center team has been planning and programming a wide variety of activities to keep military kids