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  • 2025 Hennessy Award winners announced 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Services Center recently announced the winners of the 2025 John L. Hennessy Awards for the best dining facility operations in the Department of the Air Force.  This year’s winners are: Region 1 (East): 786th Force Support Squadron, Ramstein Air

  • Mission Monday: Financial Technician

    It’s Mission Monday! Meet Briana Simon, a financial technician in the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Financial Management Directorate at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.

  • Mission Monday: Corrections Specialist Instructor

    It’s Mission Monday! Meet Staff Sgt. Benjamin Malloy, corrections specialist instructor in the Air Force Security Forces Center 320th Correctional and Rehabilitation Squadron at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California.

  • New app helps leaders ensure Airman, Guardian financial readiness

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center recently unveiled a groundbreaking app that puts real-time financial data in leaders’ hands to help Airmen, Guardians and their families maintain financial readiness. The AFIMSC Financial Management

  • Virtual Reality Firefighter Training Demonstration

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s CE Lab is a program researching, developing, testing, and evaluating using Virtual Reality technology for firefighter training. Currently they are roughly 25% into the program, which has been fully funded.

  • CATM milestone builds DAF weapons proficiency

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Air Force Combat Arms Training and Maintenance career field achieved a significant milestone Feb. 4 with the graduation of the first CATM instructor course.  The course builds on combat arms training at every installation by having a more robust training

  • DAF launches 2025 Art and Photo Contest

    The Department of the Air Force is set to launch its 2025 Art and Photo Contest March 1, merging two prior competitions. Previously, there were separate art and photo contests with one held in the spring and the other in the fall.

  • IMSC Team Tuesday: AFCEC Airfield Pavement Evaluation

    This month’s AFIMSC Team Tuesday highlights the AFCEC Airfield Pavement Evaluation (APE) team based at Tyndall AFB, FL. These experts assess the viability of more than 200 airfields around the globe, looking at everything from surface conditions to risk of foreign object dam-age.

  • Mission Monday: AFSVC Financial Management

    It’s Mission Monday! Meet Brittney Brooks, lead financial management specialist for the Financial Management and Comptroller Directorate at the Air Force Services Center.  

  • 12th Air Task Force completes critical training exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas

    Airmen from the 12th Air Task Force, stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, recently wrapped up a rigorous training exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas, and Camp McGregor, New Mexico, from January 5 to 19. The exercise was a vital part of the Air Force’s ongoing effort to adapt and enhance readiness

  • JACKS expeditionary feeding system enters final evaluation 

    The new Air Force Joint Air-transportable Containerized Kitchen System is being put through its paces this month during the 11th Air Task Force training event on the Combat Support Training Range at the Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.

  • DAF announces winners of 2024 facility design awards 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Civil Engineer Center announced the winners of the 2024 Department of the Air Force Design Awards on Dec. 20, recognizing five projects that demonstrated outstanding achievement in design, sustainability and energy efficiency.  The AFCEC

  • 13th CABS conducts first CSTR event at Fort Bliss

    The 13th Combat Air Base Squadron, assigned to Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, conducted their first Air Task Force training exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas, and Camp McGregor, New Mexico, Dec. 3-16.

  • 2024 AFMC Year in People

    Step into the highlights of 2024 with our Air Force Materiel Command "Year in People" photo spread!

  • DAF rolling out complimentary ‘grab and go’ breakfast to lodging guests

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Following a successful beta test earlier this year, the Air Force Services Center is now ready to offer a complimentary breakfast to guests at lodging operations across the Department of the Air Force. The six-month Air Force Inns Smart Start Breakfast

  • AFSFC activates squadrons to replace corrections, training detachments

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Security Forces Center recently transitioned its detachments to a squadron structure to return the units to a familiar organizational framework.The process began earlier this year when Air Force Materiel Command published a special order to

  • AFCEC awards leases for 5G service at all CONUS bases

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently finished awarding leases that will bring 5G service to 84 Air and Space Force installations by 2028, helping the workforce, Airmen, Guardians and their families stay connected through secure and reliable networks.

  • 12th Air Task Force conducts first combat training at Tyndall AFB

    Over 300 Airmen from three bases across Air Mobility Command came together Nov. 11-20 at Tyndall AFB for the 12th Air Task Force's first-ever training event.Led by the 12th Combat Air Base Squadron, the event brought the 12th ATF’s Combat Service Support Teams together for a series of classroom,

  • CSTR sites showcase capabilities during ATF training events

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – As the first Air Task Forces go through the Prepare Phase of the Air Force Force Generation cycle, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center-developed Combat Support Training Ranges are helping build mission-ready Airmen.Two ATFs recently wrapped up

  • AFSVC initiative boosts school liaison support at installations 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Services Center recently launched an online platform to boost support for installation command teams, educators, community stakeholders and families.  The new platform delivers the recently updated 8-week hybrid School Liaison Program Managers

  • AFIMSC Portrait: Andrew Kellerman

    AFIMSC Portrait highlights Andrew Kellerman, program manager for Transportation Working Capital Fund, Facilities and Infrastructure for AFIMSC Detachment 9 in support of the Air Mobility Command strategic airlift mission.

  • AFIMSC uses gaming to ready I&MS teams for combat ops

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is using a board game and data-driven outcomes to prepare installation and mission support Airmen to successfully conduct agile combat employment operations in contested environments.

  • AFIMSC Portrait: Senior Master Sgt. Janna Hiett

    AFIMSC Portrait highlights Senior Master Sgt. Janna Hiett, superintendent at AFIMSC Detachment 4’s Protection Services Division at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Janna is responsible for organizing, training and equipping 119 U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa emergency managers.

  • AFIMSC sweeps AFMC Sijan awards

    Airmen from the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center recently won all four categories of the Air Force Materiel Command Lance P. Sijan Awards.

  • DAF to Commercialize Lodging Program

    In an effort to ensure a sustainable lodging business model, the Department of the Air Force has decided to pursue commercialization of its lodging program within the United States, its territories, and possessions.

  • AFIMSC executes record $9.4 billion in FY24

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center executed a record $9.4 billion in operations and maintenance funds in the 2024 fiscal year, the most funding the center has obligated in a single year since declaring full operational capability eight years ago this month.

  • AFCEC APE team paves way to keep DAF mission in fight

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center Airfield Pavement Evaluation team is helping keep runways worldwide ready to support the mission.The 21-member APE team at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, services more than 2 billion square feet of airfield pavement at more than 200 airfields around the globe.

  • DAF window opens for cross country coaches, runners

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The application window opened Oct. 1 for Department of the Air Force cross country coaches to participate in the upcoming Armed Forces championship.When the window for coaches closes Oct. 30, the application window for runners opens Nov. 1 through Dec.

  • New SF course delivers sharp, innovative Defenders to enterprise  

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The revamped Air Force Security Forces Center’s Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course is set to deliver sharper, innovative weapons and tactics instructors to the enterprise.  The course is going through a final beta test at AFSFC’s Desert Defender Ground

  • AFIMSC declares FOC for HQ A-Staff transition

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's reorganization into an Air Force Forces staff structure, commonly referred to as an A-Staff, reached full operational capability Oct. 1.This achievement marks the culmination of a two-year effort to

  • Air Force gears up for first ATF training events at CSTR sites

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force is preparing for its first Air Task Force training events at Combat Support Training Range sites in November. The events will give Airmen from ATF Combat Air Base Squadrons, or CABS, an opportunity to train as a team and demonstrate the CSTR

  • Winner crowned in 11-installation SHEF culinary battle  

    SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Airmen from 11 Food 2.0 installations went head-to-head in the Salute Hospitality Epicurean Faceoff culinary battle Sept. 17 at the San Antonio Culinary Institute of America. The SHEF competition, sponsored by the Air Force Services Center and its industry partner Aramark, is

  • DAF partners with industry to better fuel force, families 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Department of the Air Force continues it’s almost 70-year partnership with restaurant food and beverage industry partners to deliver healthier, fresher food options to ensure Airmen, Guardians and families are fueled for the fight.  One of those

  • Air Force announces second and third B-21 Raider bases

    The SECAF has approved the 2nd & 3rd basing locations for the B-21 Raider, the Air Force’s newest bomber. Those bases are Whiteman AFB, Mo., & Dyess AFB, Texas, in that order. Ellsworth AFB, S.D., was previously selected as the 1st base to receive the B-21.

  • BMT construction effort moves closer toward completion

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The massive construction effort to deliver an updated, centralized basic training installation for the Department of the Air Force’s newest Airmen and Guardian enlistees is nearing 75% completion.Construction of Airmen Training complexes here, including two

  • AFIMSC partnership accelerates technology for I&MS capabilities

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is leveraging the AFWERX Expedient Basing Challenge to capitalize on industry expertise to rapidly address urgent Air Force needs.AFIMSC partnered with AFWERX to award contracts through the Expedient

  • Mission Monday: AFIMSC Operations Center

    It’s Mission Monday! Meet Alexander “Arch” Archibald, current operations planning manager and Security Forces representative for the Operations Center at Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center headquarters.

  • IMSC Team Tuesday: Logistics Detail (LOGDET)

    This Team Tuesday edition focuses on the Logistics Detail (LOGDET) of the Air Force Security Forces Center at Ft. Bliss, Texas. LOGDET, a group of experts, maintains and deploys essential equipment for global Security Forces operations. Check out the video to get more insights into this crucial

  • AFIMSC introduces combat support instructor course to increase ATF readiness

    FORT BLISS, Texas – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is developing a course designed to equip combat air base squadron leaders with the skills needed to teach and lead combat support warfighters through every phase of the Air Force Force Generation model.The new Combat Support

  • Mission Monday: Security Forces Weapons and Tactics

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – This week’s Mission Monday features Master Sgt. Bradley Akers, a program manager for the Security Forces Weapons and Tactics team at the Air Force Security Forces Center. Akers and the weapons and tactics team oversee the tactics development process for the

  • AcqDemo expansion town halls begin Aug. 20

    The Air Force Materiel Command, in conjunction with the Department of the Air Force Acquisition Program Management Office, will host a series of Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) Town Hall briefings beginning Aug. 20.

  • AFIMSC leads DAF-wide transition to VoIP technology

    An Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center-led initiative to replace outdated telephone switches across the Department of the Air Force is on pace to finish installation of 75 new systems by mid-2025.

  • DAF to test carbon-free, flex-fuel generators as energy resiliency option

    The Department of the Air Force plans to reduce its carbon footprint and enhance energy resiliency at installations by taking advantage of new power-generation technology. The DAF is awarding a contract for a prototype flex-fuel power generator to Mainspring Energy, Inc., and will test the

  • AFIMSC welcomes new Air Force Security Forces Center commander

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center welcomed its new Air Force Security Forces Center commander Aug. 2, while saying farewell to outgoing commander Col. Phillip Born. AFIMSC Commander Maj. Gen. John Allen presided over the change of command

  • AFMC soars to inspire generations at AirVenture 2024

    More than 200 military and civilian Airmen from the Air Force Materiel Command represented the U.S. Air Force at the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture 2024 airshow, July 21-28 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

  • Mission Monday: MAJCOM Basing & Beddown Support

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Sarah Amthor, a project manager for basing and beddown, and National Environmental Policy Act liaison, at the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 8 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.As the NEPA’s

  • Mission Monday: Outdoor Recreation

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday! Meet Julia Mack, a recreation specialist at the Air Force Services Center. Mack and her team are the subject matter experts on outdoor recreation for all Department of the Air Force locations. They provide guidance, assistance, training

  • Civil engineer lab innovations advance Air Force readiness

    The CE laboratory at Tyndall AFB, part of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, is at the forefront of innovation to assist engineers in maintaining the operational readiness of installations. This involves the exploration, creation, testing, and assessment of engineering technologies for use by

  • Mission Monday: Natural Disaster Recovery

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Garey Payne, an acquisition program manager with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Natural Disaster Recovery Division at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.He and his team have various responsibilities in the division, including the

  • Mission Monday: Public Affairs Support

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Ed Shannon, a public affairs specialist at Headquarters Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center.Shannon conducts reviews of unit public affairs self-assessments at Air Force wing and Space Force Delta level and below at

  • AFCEC team wins Presidential Federal Sustainability Award 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s efforts to build more resilient coastal installations were recognized with the presentation of a Presidential Federal Sustainability Award during a White House ceremony June 25.  The awards recognize federal agencies that

  • Getting to know the AFIMSC A9 Director

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center director of the A9 Studies, Analyses, Assessments and Lessons Learned Directorate has a unique perspective on the Air Force few others can match.