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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Mission Monday: AF Food & Beverage Business Development

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- It’s Mission Monday! Cynthia Woods is the chief of Air Force Food and Beverage Business Development at the Air Force Services Center Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.Her responsibilities include the renovation of appropriated fund (APF) dining facilities from

  • AFCEC Wildland Fire Branch ignites new tribal partnership 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is leveraging the invaluable local knowledge of Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes members to build a better prescribed burn program at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma.   “This is their turf,” said Nate Suida, Wildland Support

  • Embedded AF medics enhance security forces readiness training

    FORT BLISS, Texas – Some Airmen dedicate their lives to protecting and defending; others dedicate their lives to healing and saving the lives of those who do.Medical support staff from the Air Force Security Forces Center’s Detachment 3 Medical Aid Station undertake this mission. The six medics

  • B-21 bomber to be unveiled first week in December

    The Air Force confirmed today it plans to reveal the B-21 Raider in the first week of December during an unveiling ceremony hosted and sponsored by the Northrop Grumman Corporation at its production facilities in Palmdale, California.

  • NextGen 2.0 helmets on the way to Defenders across DAF

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Defenders at installations across the Department of the Air Force are set to don the Security Forces NextGen Helmet 2.0 later this year.Following a recent contract award by the Air Force Security Forces Center (AFSFC), Helmet 2.0 includes the ability to mount

  • CBRN VALEX offers glimpse into future emergency management training

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The future of Air Force emergency management (EM) training is taking shape in a remote Utah desert.In August, more than 40 EM Airmen participated in a two-week chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear validation exercise (CBRN VALEX) training event at Dugway

  • Mission Monday: U.S. Space Force support

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday! Maj. Lukas Morse is the Future Enterprise Division deputy chief at the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 1 Operating Location Alpha at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.His primary responsibilities revolve

  • Tyndall breaks ground on flight line facilities for F-35A mission

    A groundbreaking ceremony for the single largest military construction contract on record in the Air Force database was held here, Sept. 13, 2022, as Tyndall began construction on flight line facilities to directly support the F-35A Lightning II aircraft and personnel that will call the base home

  • Mission Monday: The DAF Enhanced Use Lease Program

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- It’s Mission Monday! Patricia Rodriguez is an enhanced use lease (EUL) asset manager with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Installations Directorate who manages, tracks and negotiates long-term leases as part of the Department of the Air Force’s EUL

  • Atlantic runway reopens, increases U.S., British military capabilities

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – After a year of construction, Ascension Island Auxiliary Airfield resumed full flight operations recently with the opening of the newly paved eastern portion of the runway.Thanks to the ongoing efforts of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center,

  • #IMSCFamily: Meet Teresa Benavides

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Meet Teresa Benavides, spouse of Eli Benavides with our Detachment 1, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. She is our September #IMSCFamily spotlight.Teresa, who is a budget analyst but with Schriever Space Force Base, has been around the military for 40 years.

  • Air Force World Class Athletes have sights set on Paris 2024

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – With the 2022 Winter Olympics in the rear view mirror, nine Airmen have their sights firmly set on the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics as the Department of the Air Force’s newest crop of World Class Athlete Program athletes.Following on the heels of WCAP athlete

  • DAF commemorates National Water Quality Month

    The Department of the Air Force has been increasingly focused on the important role of water in the DAF’s ability to achieve the mission to fly, fight, and win in air, space, and cyberspace.

  • AFCEC bolsters DAF energy assurance with merger

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently merged two energy organizations under one directorate, forming a single, cohesive team focused on achieving Department of the Air Force energy objectives. AFCEC, a primary subordinate unit of the Air Force

  • DoD releases first department-wide social media policy 

    The Defense Department released a policy that spells out how DoD military and civilian personnel should use official social media accounts to best advance the mission of the U.S. military and further instill trust in the credibility of the DoD. 

  • Air Force “Celebrating Traditions” with annual photo contest 

    UPDATE: Deadline extended to Sept. 30!JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Photographers of all ages and experience, only two weeks remain to submit photos for this year's Department of the Air Force Photo Contest.The theme for this year’s contest, which runs through Aug. 31, is “Celebrating

  • Allen becomes AFIMSC’s fourth commander

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Maj. Gen. John Allen said he is fortunate to be taking command of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Aug. 12 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.“This is a wonderful organization, and I know it because I’ve been part of it for the last two

  • AFSFC LOGDET enhances DAF force protection capabilities

    FORT BLISS, Texas – The Air Force Security Force Center’s Logistics Detail continues to enhance lethality and readiness for Defenders by rapidly delivering the equipment they need to protect people and resources around the world.Established in October 2017 at AFSFC’s Det. 3, Fort Bliss, Texas, the

  • ‘Power Hour’ all-call set for Aug. 25

    The Air Force Materiel Command will host a virtual “Power Hour” all-call with the organizational leadership team, Aug. 25 at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Microsoft Teams LIVE.

  • Tyndall ROCs and rolls with future flight line construction rehearsal

    With the largest rebuild in Air Force history well underway, the 325th Fighter Wing along with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center are taking all necessary steps to ensure the nearly $5 billion project goes according

  • Tactical care makes casualties rare

    As of July 2022, Self-Aid Buddy Care was replaced by Tactical Combat Casualty Care, a training which implements the best medical practices in battlefield trauma care.

  • #IAMIMSC award winner: Master Sgt. Morgan Rutland

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Meet Master Sgt. Morgan Rutland, the June #IAMIMSC award winner. Rutland is a deployed augmentee supporting Air Force Installation Contracting Center-Europe, or AFICC/KU, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The #IAMIMSC award recognizes people whose actions have

  • Getting to know the new Air Force Security Forces Center commander

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Col. Phillip Born took command of the Air Force Security Forces Center, JBSA-Lackland, July 20. One of four Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center primary subordinate units, the AFSFC is responsible for organizing, training and equipping more than

  • New fitness center system could provide global 24/7 access

    Staff Sgt. Anthony Davis, shift leader for the 6th Force Support Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, is a finalist for the 2022 Innovation Rodeo and will pitch his idea to a panel of AFIMSC leaders Aug. 19 in San Antonio.

  • AFMC Connect August focus: Accountable

    Accountability in the workplace is critical to mission success and helps to perpetuate an environment of trust, which is crucial to high-performing teams.

  • Hill AFB captures first Air Force EOD national title

    MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. – The winners of three competitive regional events designed to test and enhance the readiness capabilities of explosive ordnance disposal teams across the Air Force settled the score with Hill AFB earning the inaugural Air Force EOD National Team of the Year

  • #IMSCFamily: Meet Alexander Guizar

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Meet Alexander Guizar, spouse of Capt. Kennisa Rafanan-Reynolds with the Air Force Services Center in San Antonio. He's our #IMSCFamily spouse spotlight for August.Guizar says “Go Army,” having served four years with the U.S. Army before joining the Air Force

  • Keeping civilians in fighting shape

    The Civilian Health Promotion Services was established in the Air Force Materiel Command to keep its civilian Airmen as fit as their active-duty counterparts. Its success has led to its recent expansion CONUS-wide.

  • 31st CES, CEMIRT, supply power to 31 FW

    Air Force Civil Engineer Center Civil Engineer Maintenance, Inspection and Repair Teams go where they are needed to provide electrical power and keep bases and their operations running no matter the hour.

  • AFCEC awards contract for B-21 Stealth Bomber beddown at Ellsworth AFB

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, will receive a new mission facility to support the bed down of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber following the recent Air Force Civil Engineer Center-led contract award of the B-21 Formal Training Unit (FTU) project.The

  • CSAF Leadership Library: July 2022

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. presents five new additions to the CSAF Leadership Library: National Geographic's "Winning the Next War: Innovation and the Modern Military" "Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard" "Royal United Services Institute's Building the Oceans Podcast - What's

  • Space celebration returns to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

    An eight-day space celebration will take place from July 30 through Aug. 7 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.The Space Celebration offers something for the whole family to enjoy and includes guest speakers, space-themed exhibits, a build-and-launch rocket activity and a 21+ After Dark

  • Air Force, Space Force begins hackathon at 3 locations

    The BRAVO Hackathon and BRAVO 1 Canary Release began today; the event focuses on innovation and software development commonly employed by technology companies. Teams self-form and urgently develop working prototypes that are later presented to senior leaders.

  • AFIMSC Chaplain shares his ‘True North’ calling 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Finding your True North – your authentic self, your purpose, your beliefs – can be a struggle for many today. And, in an Air Force where there’s been a large increase in suicides in recent years, helping people find and appreciate their own, unique selves is

  • Air Force announces the 12 Outstanding Airmen for 2022

    Air Force officials have selected the service’s top enlisted members, naming the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2022. The board selected the Airmen based on superior leadership, job performance and personal achievements. 

  • AFMC celebrates 10th anniversary of a successful major reorganization

    The Five Center Construct centered on a fundamental change in the way that AFMC would conduct its primary missions. Instead of location-specific organizational structure that required full support staffs at each location, the new construct would be mission-based. Each major mission would have a

  • Getting to know the new AFSVC commander

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Col. Carolyn Ammons took command of the Air Force Services Center during a change of command ceremony June 30. AFSVC, one of four primary subordinate units of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, delivers globally integrated management,

  • Air Force expects lower enlisted promotion rates

    The Air Force is expecting lower promotion rates for the next few years due to enlisted grade restructuring, a leveling-off of end-strength growth, and high retention levels. Based on structure revisions and end-strength requirements, grades E-5 through E-7 will be impacted.

  • Richardson: Teamwork, collaboration key to AFMC success

    The Air Force Materiel Command change of command ceremony on June 13 was more than just an opportunity to welcome Gen. Duke Z. Richardson to the organizational helm; it was a homecoming for the new commander who has spent nearly half of his career as part of the enterprise.

  • #IMSCFamily: Meet Melina Johnson

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Meet Melina Johnson, spouse of Tech. Sgt. David Johnson with the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Installation Support Directorate in San Antonio. Melina comes from a military family with her dad serving in the U.S. Navy for a decade.

  • AFIMSC contracts for first of 4 new child development centers this year

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center continues its mission to strengthen Department of the Air Force families by delivering right-sized and quality childcare infrastructure. AFIMSC’s Air Force Civil Engineer Center, in collaboration with the