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  • 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 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 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: 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Mission Monday: Fire & Emergency Services

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Brian Thompson, a Fire and Emergency Services Program manager with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Readiness Directorate here.Thompson and the F&ES team play a vital role in making sure Department of the Air Force first responders have

  • Mission Monday: Category management 

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Kevin Herstine, chief of the Air Force Installation Contracting Center’s Category Management Branch here. Herstine and his team are responsible for the Department of the Air Force’s Category Management Program Support Office which

  • ACC wins Readiness Challenge IX

    Airmen representing Air Combat Command and the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron from Nellis Air Force Base took the title at Readiness Challenge IX, the Department of the Air Force’s annual civil engineer skills competition, April 24 to 28.

  • DAF announces Air Force Innkeeper Award Winners

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Services Center recently announced the winners of the 2023 Innkeeper Awards for best lodging facilities across the Department of the Air Force. After an in-person evaluation by lodging and hospitality expert teams from the AFSVC, the winners

  • Mission Monday: Services executive advisors

    PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – It’s Mission Monday! Stephen Jerome is the Air Force Services Center executive advisor to U.S. Space Force. Jerome is one of several AFSVC EAs who act as liaisons between major commands, force support squadron leadership and the center.“We are the connective tissue

  • Record budget helps Air Force tackle environmental issues

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is bringing this year’s “Invest in Our Planet” Earth Day theme to life as the center’s global environmental team continues to support innovative restoration projects driven by a record-high budget. Within AFIMSC’s Air Force Civil Engineer Center,

  • AFCEC runway construction at Little Rock AFB near final phase

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – After over two years of construction, the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center successfully completed a vital milestone of the extension of Little Rock Air Force Base’s mission-critical runway in Arkansas recently. The significant project

  • AFSFC Information Fusion Cell enhances installation security

    The Air Force Security Forces Center Information Fusion Cell has incorporated a new tool to further protect installation resources and personnel. The Defense Department’s current emphasis on installation security led AFSFC, a primary subordinate unit of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support

  • Food Summit looks to future of 27+ DAF stateside dining operations

    DALLAS – More than 70 installation, Air Force Services Center and industry culinary experts gathered here April 11-13 to discuss current and future Food 2.0 dining operations with a goal of delivering better, faster menu options to patrons.  With the Food 2.0 Owners Summit held in an innovative

  • Editorial: Eating strategies support ready, resilient Airmen and Guardians 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Whether a new Airman or Guardian, or further along in your career, it’s important to have a strategy for eating healthy and staying ready and resilient.  It all starts with eating a healthy breakfast. Studies have shown that people who eat breakfast have

  • Mission Monday: Security Forces Intelligence Analysis

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Master Sgt. Nicole Moeller, intelligence analysis manager at the Air Force Security Forces Center. Moeller and her team are responsible for providing intelligence support to the security forces enterprise. “We support the broader

  • AFIMSC team delivers growing MILCON program to counter threats

    Delivering a growing, multibillion dollar worldwide Department of the Air Force military construction program in sync with supported weapon systems is a key focus for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, a primary subordinate unit of AFIMSC, is

  • AFIMSC celebrates 8 years of global I&MS support

    Eight years ago, on April 6, 2015, the Air Force activated the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, one of six specialized centers assigned to Air Force Materiel Command. With a mission to deliver globally integrated installation and mission support, AFIMSC combined the strengths,

  • AFSVC announces winners of best dining facilities

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Air Force Services Center recently announced the winners of the 2023 John L. Hennessy Trophy Awards for best dining facilities across the Department of the Air Force. The annual awards program, established in 1957 and managed by AFSVC, recognizes the top

  • Mission Monday: Feeding the Force

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Meet Tammy Lindberg, who is a registered dietitian in the Air Force Services Center Food and Beverage Division. As the only dietitian in AFSVC, she provides nutritional expertise, information and education for all appropriated fund and

  • Center senior enlisted leaders integrate, collaborate

    The command chief master sergeants from four of the six centers within AFMC met with Flosi at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Feb. 23 to collaborate and learn more about AFSC and how its mission connects with their own.

  • Mission Monday: USSF support

    PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – It’s Mission Monday. Meet James Waldron, the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Detachment 1 Program Development Division chief.From Colorado, he and his team support, advocate for and obtain the resources needed to enable Space Force installations

  • AFIMSC duo garner 2022 AF Civil Engineer awards

    Two members of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center receive 2022 Air Force Civil Engineer awards for significant contributions both Airmen made to their respective professions.

  • Air Force environmental restoration chief receives Trailblazer Award

    AFCEC Environmental Restoration Program Management Chief Kenny Johnson was recently awarded the Science Spectrum Trailblazer Award during the 2023 Black Engineer of the Year Awards Gala in National Harbor, Maryland. He was one of 23 Department of the Air Force members celebrated for their

  • AFIMSC releases 2023 strategic plan

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center recently released its updated strategy, adding a new focus area and synchronizing efforts across the center to enable better delivery of combat power and installation support.

  • Mission Monday: Onsite Architect & Contracting Officer Representative

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – It’s Mission Monday. Jeff Young is the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s on-site/ architect and contracting officer representative for the U.S. Air Force Academy. In that position, he’s responsible for contract administration for work being done on the Academy’s Cadet

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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