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  • AFSVC begins rollout of BMX stunt tour 

    The Air Force Services Center will begin rolling out the first leg of a new free BMX stunt tour to five installations in the month of March with an expected expansion to additional installations as the schedule progresses.   

  • AFMC executive directors take meetings on the road

    The senior civilian leaders at the Air Force Materiel Command took their quarterly business meeting to a new location for the first time: on the road to a subordinate center. Lorna Estep, AFMC executive director, said this was an opportunity for herself and the six center executive directors to

  • Mission Monday: Mission & Environmental Advocacy

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Amanda Sherman is a Department of Defense and Air Force Regional Environmental Coordinator with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Environmental Directorate. Based at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, Sherman works with local, state,

  • 2023 DAF Art Contest opens March 1

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Calling all artisans … the 2023 Department of the Air Force Art Contest opens March 1 and runs through April 30.For the first time, this year’s contest includes both two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art and the submission window is extended to

  • Air Force launches Energy-as-a-Service pilot program at Hanscom

    On Feb. 14, 2023, the Department of the Air Force is kicking off a $10 million next-generation energy performance contract that will deliver resilient and reliable energy to Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. The pilot project is the federal government’s first-ever effort to adopt and integrate

  • Mission Monday: DAF World Class Athlete Program

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Dale Filsell is the Air Force Services Center program manager for the Department of the Air Force World Class Athlete and Shooting programs.As the program manager, he ensures athletes in the programs have the necessary equipment,

  • Mission Monday: AFGSC acquisition support

    BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. – It’s Mission Monday. Capt. Yeoju Kim is deputy chief of the Air Force Installation Contracting Center’s 767th Enterprise Sourcing Flight here. Kim and the ESF team award and administer all above-wing acquisitions for Air Force Global Strike Command and manage a $1.2

  • AFIMSC Portrait: Master Sgt. Benjamin Sambolanay

    “Work smart, play smart.” For Master Sgt. Benjamin Sambolanay, that motto has taken him through a successful and rewarding career that’s given his family a chance to see the world. With assignments in Turkey, Japan, Qatar, Canada and Europe, he’s spent most of his career serving his country outside

  • Leaders Look to Improve Domestic Violence Victim Support

    "Domestic violence has no place in our Air and Space Forces — it breaks the bonds of our service family, destroys individuals, families, and our communities, and is illegal," Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall said.

  • Mission Monday: DAF Sustainable Design, Development

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Paula Shaw is the Department of the Air Force’s Sustainable Design and Development subject matter expert with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Facility Engineering Directorate.In her role, Shaw supports the DAF’s program to lower the

  • Joint training strengthens Navy Brig, corrections operations 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – A joint training initiative, spearheaded by the Air Force Security Forces Center’s Detachment 2, is helping strengthen brig and corrections operations across the Department of Defense.  Department of the Air Force Defenders are now teaching at the month-long

  • Windows open for DAF Sports triathlon, men’s soccer athletes

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Application windows are now open for Department of the Air Force triathletes and men’s soccer players. To apply, visit www.dafsports.com.Here are more details on each sport:Triathlon: Application window closes Feb. 13 for coaches, athletes and medical support

  • 3D printed concrete building technology used for Tyndall Rebuild

    As Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., becomes the ‘Installation of the Future’, following the catastrophic damage from Hurricane Michael in late 2018, several advanced technologies are being used. Of those technologies, the ability to use ‘additive manufacturing’--also known as ‘3D printing’--to

  • Mission Monday: Military Working Dog Management System

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas –  It’s Mission Monday. Robert Marure is the Military Working Dog Management System contracting officer representative at the Air Force Security Forces Center here.Marure helps manage the Department of Defense software program, developed by the 341st DOD

  • Beware of Fake Social Media Accounts

    As Air Force Reserve Command’s social media manager, Senior Airman Erica Webster is constantly on the lookout for bogus accounts claiming affiliation with AFRC. Unfortunately, she usually doesn’t have to look too hard to find a fake page or two.

  • Never-ending quest for motorcycle safety

    Motorcycle Mishaps are a big safety concern for the Department of the Air Force, with the service averaging nearly 12 incidents per year over the past 10 years. Most motorcycle mishaps are preventable, and individuals can take steps to minimize the potential for injury and possibly even death while

  • Mission Monday: Air Force Fisher House Program

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Mary McLean is the Department of the Air Force Fisher House Program manager at the Air Force Services Center here.McLean works with the dedicated managers at eight installations who oversee 14 Air Force Fisher Houses to “provide

  • AFIMSC Portrait: Shari Fort

    Shari Fort is passionate about her work because it not only enables the Air Force mission, it has the potential to shape a better future for everyone.

  • #IAMIMSC award winner: Maj. John Nussbaum

    Meet #IAMIMSC award winner Maj. John Nussbaum. Nussbaum is the transportation working capital fund program manager for Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 9, in support of Air Mobility Command, at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

  • AFMC releases 2023 Strategic Plan

    The Air Force Materiel Command has released a new Strategic Plan outlining the ways it will work to deliver the advanced, integrated materiel capabilities the Air Force needs to deter aggression and prevail against the modern adversarial threats.

  • Sheppard breaks ground on $27M Child Development Center

    Team Sheppard celebrated the start of construction on a $27 million child development center during a groundbreaking ceremony here Jan. 6, 2022. The new facility will replace the current one built in 1973. Scheduled to open in 2024, the new center’s mission focuses on providing quality, available

  • Mission Monday: Military Corrections

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Tech. Sgt. Scott Butte is a member of the Air Force Security Forces Center’s Detachment 2. He is a Naval Corrections Specialist instructor at the Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads in Virginia.In this role, he teaches administrative,

  • AFSVC helps make DAF Fisher Houses homes away from home

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — For most, this time of year is filled with love, happiness and peace. But, for families facing life-changing challenges like medical emergencies or the loss of a loved one, those feelings are hard to come by.   The Department of the Air Force Fisher House

  • AFIMSC closes out productive 2022, sets sights on 2023

    Adaptability, agility and a fierce focus on strategic goals helped the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center boost lethality and readiness for the Department of the Air Force while taking care of Airmen, Guardians and families around the world in 2022.

  • Sentinel agreement signed in historic ceremony

    More than 150 personnel who took part in drafting the LGM-35 Sentinel Programmatic Agreement participated in a historic signing event Dec 16, 2022, which simultaneously took place in 11 different locations.

  • Mission Monday: Contracting support to the medical community

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Jackelin Guerrero Funes is a contract specialist with the Air Force Installation Contracting Center’s 773rd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron here.Funes works on pre- and post-award contractual actions in support of the Air Force Medical

  • DAF sports build more capable Airmen, Guardians 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Services Center has opportunities for Airmen and Guardians who want to face the best athletic competition in the U.S. Armed Forces, make connections, build resiliency and serve as an example for others.  All those things are benefits of

  • Mission Monday: Traffic Management

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Senior Master Sgt. Matthew Dorsett is the traffic management superintendent in the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Installation Support Directorate. Dorsett and his team interpret policy, ensure training, standardize

  • AFIMSC lays foundation for B-21 beddown

    As the world got its first glimpse of the Department of the Air Force’s new stealth bomber Dec. 2, the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center was preparing select installations for the impending B-21 Raider beddown.

  • DAF reaches $3 billion cost savings across enterprise

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Air Force operational acquisition community recently achieved a huge goal: saving the Department of the Air Force more than $3 billion. “This is a very important milestone as we strive to accelerate change and get after the Secretary of the Air Force’s

  • AFCEC’s partnership helps bring drinking water to Moose Creek 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – A joint civilian-military project is providing drinking water to businesses and residences in Moose Creek, Alaska, where per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, impacted water wells at levels above Environmental Protection Agency advisories.   The Air

  • DAF announces 2022 Air Force Design Award winners

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently announced the winners of the 2022 Air Force Design Awards, recognizing four facilities that demonstrate excellence in design, sustainability and energy efficiency. “This year’s winning projects promote creative and

  • Robins AFB takes next step in establishing new missions

    Air Force leaders today announced one step forward in the delivery of battlespace command and control after completing two necessary environmental assessments, with a finding of no significant impact, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, a primary subordinate unit

  • World gets first look at B-21 Raider

    As the first strategic bomber in more than three decades, the Air Force's B-21 will serve as the backbone of America's bomber force, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said.

  • MISSION MONDAY: Air Force Combat Arms Program

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday! Jason Seibel is the chief of the Air Force Combat Arms Program at the Air Force Security Forces Center here.Seibel and the Combat Arms Training and Development Team are responsible for developing and authoring all small arms and light

  • TLR opens new lodging facility

    A ribbon cutting ceremony was held to commemorate the opening of the new Razorback Inn at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Nov. 30, 2022. The Air Force Services Center, a primary subordinate unit of AFIMSC, manages the Air Force Lodging program and works with installations to deliver new and

  • Community involvement critical in Wurtsmith environmental progress 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Air Force Civil Engineer Center's base realignment and closure environmental coordinator Steve Willis knows when it comes to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) cleanup at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Michigan, communication and community

  • Honorable mission at Fisher House

    The Air Force's Fisher House Program is managed by the Air Force Services Center, a primary subordinate unit under the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center. AFSVC works with Fisher House managers to create and execute realistic nonappropriated fund budgets, accomplish renovations

  • Mission Monday: Financial management support to AFSOC

    HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- It’s Mission Monday. Jolynn Figueroa is the financial management analyst for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 3 at Hurlburt Field, Florida, providing direct support to Air Force Special Operations Command. The detachment helps AFSOC wings

  • AFSVC delivers Thanksgiving slice of home to Airmen, Guardians  

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – For most, Thanksgiving is a time to gather around the table with friends and family to celebrate life and express gratitude. However, the annual tradition can look a little different for service members and their families stationed far from home.  “Many of

  • Mission Monday: AFCEC Emergency Management

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – It’s Mission Monday. Master Sgt. Misty Guevara Zavala is the capability requirements manager in the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Emergency Management Division here.Zavala and her team of capability developers represent and advocate for Air Force non-medical

  • Energy lease powers MacDill AFB resilience 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — The Department of the Air Force signed an Energy Assurance Lease (EAL) Nov. 9 with Tampa Electric Company (TEC) to construct, maintain and operate a 75-megawatt producing natural gas peaking plant at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.Under the terms of the

  • Forging the next generation: BMT leads the way

    Following a 16-year run, Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training, or BEAST, has come to an end and is being replaced with training exercise PACER FORGE, as part of Air Force basic military training.

  • AICUZ program helps ensure safe, sustainable flying operations 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, installation civil engineer squadrons and civilian community planners are helping ensure safe flying operations across the enterprise through the Air Installations Compatible Use Zones program. The AICUZ program, a

  • AFIMSC’s hybrid workplace model finds solutions in tight spaces 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Office of the Future initiative is helping the center’s Detachment 10 create an innovative, flexible office environment in limited space. O2F focuses on developing sustainable, hybrid workplaces that

  • Mission Monday: AFSFC Confinement & Corrections

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday! Michael Beard is the manager of the Air Force Victim/Witness Assistance Program Central Repository at the Air Force Security Forces Center’s Confinement and Corrections Directorate here.As the subject matter expert for Department of the

  • DAF authorizes pass for COVID booster by Dec. 1

    Airmen and Guardians who receive the COVID-19 Bivalent Booster released in September are authorized a one-day special pass from their commander as long as the booster is administered by Dec. 1

  • AFSVC QoL initiative streamlines child, youth registration

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — When Brenda Ricker and her family moved to Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, in 2014, she hand carried all of their important documents.  Like other Air Force families making a military move, Ricker’s growing to-do list included a visit to the

  • SecAF takes closer look at JBSA missions

    Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall visited Joint Base San Antonio to meet with leaders across Air Education and Training Command, Air Force Personnel Center, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center and Sixteenth Air Force.

  • AFIMSC programs help military families thrive 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center and its subordinate units deliver morale, welfare and recreation programs, activities and infrastructure to build and sustain ready and resilient Airmen, Guardians and families.  Many of the programs,

  • DAF announces 2022 Photo Contest winners

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Department of the Air Force announced the winners of the 2022 Air Force Photo Contest Nov. 7. With a theme for 2022 of “Celebrating Traditions,” program managers at the Air Force Services Center honored the Air Force’s 75th Birthday and gave photographers

  • Mission Monday: Air Force Entertainment

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday! Godfery Smith is a technical director for Air Force Entertainment at the Air Force Services Center here.He is responsible for maintaining, operating and advising Air Force Entertainment on all technical aspects for producing concerts and

  • Lodging divestiture, right-sizing underway to ensure future mission success

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Department of the Air Force is divesting lodging operations at nine installations and right-sizing facility capacity at others to meet a Defense Department requirement that all lodging is self-sustaining without taxpayer funding. In a 2020 memorandum,

  • #IMSCFamily: Meet Lt. Col. Francy Nichols

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Meet Lt. Col. Francy Nichols, spouse of Col. George Nichols with our Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. She is our #IMSCFamily spotlight for November. We asked the lieutenant colonel, who is a colonel select and commander

  • 2022 FEHB open enrollment for eligible civilian employees

    The 2022 Federal Benefits Open Season for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Program, and the Federal Flexible Spending Account Program will run Nov. 14 through Dec. 12. During the annual Open Season, eligible employees can enroll, change plans or

  • Mission Monday: AFIMSC support to PACAF

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday! Jianren “JR” Lei is a pavements engineer with the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 2 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.He is responsible for reviewing and responding to pavement questions, challenges

  • Flu season is here: The time is now to vaccinate

    Fall is in full swing, and the season does not only mark the beginning of pumpkin spice lattes and festivals, but it is also recommended to schedule your influenza and COVID-19 vaccine. These vaccinations, authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, are highly encouraged because they remain an

  • AFIMSC beats fiscal clock to boost installations disaster resiliency  

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center successfully closed out a year-long effort to increase infrastructure resiliency at Air Force installations in the wake of winter storm Uri. AFIMSC received $330 million in disaster relief funding from the

  • Winter Olympic application window is open for Olympic hopefuls

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Time is running out for Airmen, Guardians, Reservists and Guardsmen who dream of representing the Department of the Air Force in the next Winter Olympics.Guardian and Airmen athletes have until Nov. 7 to apply for the DAF World Class Athlete Program (WCAP),

  • Mission Monday: The 763rd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday! Karlye Keil is a contract specialist (CS) with the Air Force Installation Contracting Center’s 763rd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.Her work helps with the execution of contracts by analyzing proposals,

  • DAF senior leaders amplify SecDef directives for reproductive health care

    Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced that the DoD would ensure service members and their families can access reproductive health care within its authority and consistent with applicable federal law, in addition to clear guidance for health care providers to operate effectively.

  • AFCEC MILCON mission accelerates DAF readiness, lethality

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – From the beddown of the Air Force's next-generation aircraft to new flightlines, child development centers and whole base recovery, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) is modernizing Air Force infrastructure to strengthen national defense

  • #IAMIMSC award winner: Carolina Soto

    Meet #IAMIMSC award winner Carolina Soto. Soto, a financial technician with the travel pay processing team at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, is part of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Resources Directorate.

  • AFIMSC executes record $8.8 billion in FY22

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center closed out a challenging year in the last hours of FY22, executing more than $8.8 billion. It’s the most funding AFIMSC has obligated in a year since the center declared full operational capability six years ago this month.

  • Airmen, Guardians to participate DAF Food Services Survey 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Airmen, Guardians and civilian employees will soon see notification in their e-mail boxes for the 2022 Food Services Assessment Survey (FSAS) which launched Oct. 11.  Taking care of Airmen, Guardians and families remains one of the Department of the Air

  • AFIMSC disaster recovery team responds to Hurricane Ian

    Nearly four years after the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center began rebuilding Tyndall AFB following Hurricane Michael, a disaster recovery response team armed with expertise and lessons learned from that storm is helping MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, assess damage in the wake of

  • AF Entertainment gives Airmen, families break from work, life stressors

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Just step away and breathe. It’s a simple yet well-established tool when it comes to managing daily stressors in our lives. Providing Airmen, Guardians and their families opportunities to step away, breathe and just be in the moment is a key focus of the Air

  • Mission Monday: Knowledge Management Operations

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday! Sonya Williams is a knowledge management operations specialist with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.Her work helps the center on top of important administrative functions like records

  • #IMSCFamily: Meet Katie Sutherland

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Meet Katie Sutherland, spouse of Master Sgt. John Sutherland with our Air Force Security Forces Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. She has been around the military her entire life having a father who is retired U.S. Navy and being married to an