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  • DAF Gaming delivers Gaming Expo, Esports Championship at FORCECON 2022

    Air Force Services Center and the Department of the Air Force Gaming achieved two major firsts Memorial Day weekend in San Antonio – the first Department of Defense Armed Forces Esports Championship and the inaugural Air Force Gaming Minor League Championships. The gaming league was center stage at

  • AFIMSC engineer lines young men on path to success

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – John Piper is on a mission to give back to his community by positively shaping the lives of young men.The design and construction manager at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Facility Engineering Directorate volunteers his time as a mentor and role model

  • DAF youth programs gear up for Summer

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas - With kids starting to get excited about summer, many parents are thinking about how to keep their kids active and engaged until the fall.As COVID-19 rates drop around the country in many parts of the country, youth centers across the Department of the Air

  • Air Force Gaming season 3 launches with new competition format

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Department of the Air Force Gaming League is back with a new format and a new league for family members and retirees.The new format consists of three unique seasons – spring, summer and fall, expanding opportunities for more competitors to participate,

  • Bunch inducted into Order of the Sword

    Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., was inducted into the Air Force Materiel Command Order of the Sword at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, May 13, 2022. The Order of the Sword is the highest honor the enlisted force can bestow upon a military officer.

  • National Police Week: Meet Master Sgt. Jeremy Smith

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – National Police Week, May 15-21, is a solemn occasion celebrated to honor the service and sacrifice of security and law enforcement officers, including Defenders who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation.As the largest career field in the Air Force,

  • National Police Week: Meet Staff Sgt. Caleb Losek

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – National Police Week, May 15-21, is a solemn occasion celebrated to honor the service and sacrifice of security and law enforcement officers, including Defenders who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation.As the largest career field in the Air Force,

  • National Police Week: Meet Tech. Sgt. Yessiell Perez

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – National Police Week, May 15-21, is a solemn occasion celebrated to honor the service and sacrifice of security and law enforcement officers, including Defenders who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation.As the largest career field in the Air Force,

  • Record contract awarded for F-35 facilities at Tyndall AFB

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $532 million construction contract May 10 to Hensel Phelps to deliver 11 projects that directly support flightline operations for the F-35A Lightning II aircraft slated to arrive at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, in

  • #IMSCFamily: Meet Antonio Rodriguez

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Meet Antonio Rodriguez, spouse of Airman 1st Class Sophia Rodriguez, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Personnel Office, JBSA-Lackland, Texas. Antonio is our May spouse of the month. He has been around the military his entire life as his dad

  • AF crowns Readiness Challenge VIII winners, plans FOC event in 2023

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Following a more than 20-year competition hiatus, the Air Force civil engineering community crowned winners of the Air Force Civil Engineer Readiness Challenge April 22, 2022. Surrounded by a crowd of more than 400 civil engineers — competitors, cadre and team

  • AFIMSC team members win AF Civil Engineer awards

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Eight Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center members recently earned 2021 Air Force Civil Engineer Award honors.“The winners, runners-up and nominees represent the best of the Civil Engineer community's incredible talent and dedication,” said Maj.

  • Fairchild joins growing Food 2.0 dining improvement program

    The Air Force Services Center continues to implement its Healthy Food Initiative (HFI) Food 2.0 program to provide improved food options for Airmen and Guardians across the enterprise. The initiative, which includes modernizing dining facilities and new menu options, celebrated its latest grand

  • Readiness Challenge nears full return

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Readiness Challenge will move one step close to its full return following an initial operational capability (IOC) competition April 18-22, at the Silver Flag Training Site at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The challenge is hosted by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center,

  • AFA honors former AFICC contracting officer as top civilian

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Kori McNabb's contributions to the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's mission recently earned her the Air Force Association Lisa S. Disbrow Outstanding Civilian of the Year Award.As the lead contracting specialist with the Air Force

  • PM boot camp builds proficiency, delivers more effective program management

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center continues to deliver the Department of the Air Force’s military construction programs more effectively and efficiently.AFIMSC recently gathered civil engineers from across the organization, as well as

  • AFIMSC delivers Air Force EOD team competition to enterprise

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Thanks to a collaboration between the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center and headquarters Air Force Civil Engineering, Air Force explosive ordnance disposal teams now have a new program to build camaraderie, show their skills, learn from each

  • MOMC: Meet Cathy Steinman

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Month of the Military Child!  Since the 1980s, we have taken time out to recognize the huge sacrifices our military kids have and continue to make on behalf of our nation. This month, we applaud military kids – young and old – for not only the daily

  • MOMC: Meet David Malone

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- It’s Month of the Military Child!  Since the 1980s, we have taken time out to recognize the huge sacrifices our military kids have and continue to make on behalf of our nation. This month, we applaud military kids – young and old – for not only the daily

  • New AFMC Professional Library encourages lifelong learning

    A new Air Force Materiel Command Professional Library offers Airmen and civilians the opportunity to embrace lifelong professional development with books, podcasts, articles and more, inspired by leadership recommendations across diverse subject areas.

  • #IMSCFamily: Meet Jenny Herrmann

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Meet Jenny Herrmann, spouse of Pete Herrmann with the Air Force Installation Contracting Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Jenny is our April spouse of the month.She has been around the military from the moment the couple met 15 years ago.

  • Application window opens for Olympic hopefuls

    The application window for Airmen, Guardians, Reservists and Guardsmen who dream of Olympic competition is now open. Department of the Air Force and Space Force athletes have 45 days to apply to begin their training with the hopes of competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Once

  • Tyndall’s Hololab debuts as virtual gateway to Installation of the Future

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The Digital Twin Hololab went live yesterday at Tyndall AFB to showcase the base’s digital transformation as part of Installation of the Future efforts. These cutting-edge planning concepts and innovative technologies will be integrated across the base and enable

  • CSAF: Taking care of installations takes care of mission, Airmen

    The 2022 Association of Defense Communities’ National Defense Summit brought together senior Defense Department leaders, community leaders, and Congressional members to advance issues that build strong communities and support the military, including infrastructure, climate, housing, cost of living,

  • Airman makes debut as Winter Olympian, has sights set for 2026

    Imagine being the first black athlete to compete in a sport where you are hurling yourself headfirst down an icy track at speeds over 90 mph. That is exactly what Airman First Class Kelly Curtis did recently as she competed in the skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.

  • Surviving Hurricane Michael in building 909

    Two members of the Ride-Out Element reflect on the Hurricane Michael's landfall over Tyndall Air Force Base as the base Emergency Operations Center, in which they sheltered, is demolished. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Natural Disaster Recovery Division is dedicated to the rebuild efforts at

  • Air Force art contest opens for submissions

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Imagine, Create & Win! It’s that time of year to show off your creative artistry in the Air Force Art Contest.  The submission period will be throughout the month of March.  Artists may submit up to two, digital photographs of their two-dimensional (2D)

  • Small AFIMSC team to have big impact on Air Force field communications

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – A small AFIMSC team of self-proclaimed “nerds” are busy setting the ground work to ensure mission and emergency communications infrastructure are synched, updated and funded for Department of the Air Force mission success today and in the future.The new Land

  • AFIMSC engineers continue legacy of vital support to Airmen, Guardians

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – For more than 75 years, civil engineers have provided the foundation for the lethality and readiness of air power. From bedding down new missions and modernizing infrastructure, to protecting natural resources and emergency management, engineers help the Air

  • Engineers Week 2022: Meet Ned Harshbarger

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Engineers Week and we wanted to spotlight a few of our engineer teammates at AFIMSC. Meet Ned Harshbarger with the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 4 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Harshbarger is a European Defense

  • Engineers Week 2022: Meet Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Field

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Engineers Week and we wanted to spotlight a few of our engineer teammates at AFIMSC. Meet Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Field with the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Installation Support Directorate. Field is the Facilities Sustainment,

  • Engineers Week 2022: Meet Tech. Sgt. Lee Garner

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Engineers Week and we wanted to spotlight a few of our engineer teammates at AFIMSC. Meet Tech. Sgt. Lee Garner with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Operations Directorate at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Garner is the Aircraft Arresting System

  • Engineers Week 2022: Steven Willis

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Engineers Week and we wanted to spotlight a few of our engineer teammates at AFIMSC.Meet Steven Willis with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Installations Directorate. Willis is the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program manager.What is your

  • Engineers Week 2022: Meet Maj. Harrizon Sanchez

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Engineers Week and we wanted to spotlight a few of our engineer teammates at AFIMSC. Meet Maj. Harrizon Sanchez with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Facility Engineering Directorate. Sanchez is the deputy director of the Facilities Sustainment,

  • Engineers Week 2022: Meet Erik Potter

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Engineers Week and we wanted to spotlight a few of our engineer teammates at AFIMSC.Meet Erik Potter with our Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Installations Directorate. Potter is a utility privatization program manager in the Real Estate Development

  • Innovative lease program boosts installations broadband

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is helping Airmen and Guardians stay connected and mission ready by working with private industry to upgrade installations’ cellular coverage.Under the Long Term Evolution project, AFCEC’s Installations Directorate is

  • AFCEC continues runway replacement at Offutt AFB

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – After nearly a year of construction, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center-led project to replace aging runway infrastructure at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, is making steady progress and on track to have aircraft flying out of the installation by the fall

  • AFCEC Natural Disaster Recovery Division prepares for future disasters

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Natural Disaster Recovery Division, located at Tyndall, recently created a new branch to enhance readiness and preparedness for the next natural disaster that may strike an Air Force installation. “It’s only a matter of time before

  • Air Force moves forward with $28.9M contract award at Andersen AFB

    ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 2 successfully led the award of a $28.9 million contract recently to construct new reinforced munitions storage magazines known as “igloos” at Andersen Air Force Base.The project is the third of a

  • DAF to launch myEval in 2022

    Beginning January 2022, the Department of the Air Force will launch a new enlisted and officer evaluation system application, myEvaluation, to further support ongoing IT and talent management transformations for Total Force Airmen and Guardians.

  • Around the Air Force: USAF 75th Anniversary, ACE Doctrine, Booster Pass

    This week’s look Around the Air Force highlights themes for celebrating the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force, Agile Combat Employment becomes operational doctrine, and four-hour passes are authorized to help Airmen and Guardians get COVID-19 booster shots. (Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Eric Mann)

  • Air Force, Space Force observe National Mentoring Month in January

    Mentorship is a type of professional relationship in which a person with greater experience and wisdom guides another person to develop both personally and professionally. This relationship helps achieve mission success and motivates Airmen to achieve their goals.

  • DAF authorizes pass for COVID booster

    “We strongly encourage all Airmen, Guardians, and DAF federal employees to receive a booster. As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, we need to do everything possible to protect ourselves, our families, and our communities—that means getting a booster,” said Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz

  • AFMC, AFGE Council 214 sign updated telework MOA

    The Air Force Materiel Command signed an updated memorandum of agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees Council 214, Dec. 7, furthering efforts to normalize telework across the enterprise

  • Tribal partnerships help AF archaeologists understand surprising discovery  

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – An Air Force team conducting an archaeological inventory in the west Utah desert has emerged with a discovery poised to completely reframe experts’ understanding of human tobacco use in North America.   The groundbreaking find – 12,300-year-old tobacco seeds

  • AFICC change agents win Air Force acquisition awards

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Five Air Force Installation Contracting Center change agents recently earned top honors in the 2021 Secretary of the Air Force Innovation in Air Force Contracting Awards recognition program. “We are so proud of all the SAF Innovation awardees, especially

  • New dormitory complex headed for Tyndall

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a $145.4 million contract for a new dormitory project under the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s natural disaster recovery program. The new dorms project is the ninth military construction project awarded for the

  • CSAF Spouse announces Five & Thrive initiative

    The Five & Thrive platform aims to encourage, support and build thriving military families by tackling challenges and enhancing preventative measures through partnerships and sharing of best practices.

  • How TRICARE pharmacy network changes will affect TRICARE For Life

    Have you heard about the changes coming to the TRICARE retail pharmacy network starting Dec. 15? CVS Pharmacy is joining the network on that date. At the same time, Walmart, Sam’s Club, and some community pharmacies are leaving the network. If you’re a TRICARE For Life beneficiary, you may be

  • Offutt prepares for demolition to begin a new flood recovery project 

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Four facilities that support the 55th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, are being prepped for demolition to make way for a new LRS warehouse as part of the installation's flood recovery.This military construction project was awarded as part of the

  • AFMC We Need initiative achieves big win for nursing mothers

    Effective immediately, nursing mothers who work in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) or on a special access program (SAP) are permitted to carry battery-operated, Bluetooth-capable breast pumps into these work areas.

  • Patients can take steps now to prepare for MHS GENESIS ‘Go Live’

    The San Antonio Market, to include Brooke Army Medical Center, Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center and outlying clinics, will transition to MHS GENESIS Jan. 22.MHS GENESIS, the new electronic health record for the Military Health System, delivers data to healthcare teams wherever patients

  • #IMSCFamily: Meet Master Sgt. Alberto Alcantar

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Meet Master Sgt. Alberto Alcantar, spouse of Master Sgt. Sindy Alcantar with the Air Force Services Center. Alberto, our #IMSCFamily spotlight for December, has been in the Air Force for 13 years and a military spouse for two and a half years. We asked him to

  • October #IAMIMSC Award winner: Staff Sgt. Markisha Suggs

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Meet Staff Sgt. Markisha Suggs, the October AFIMSC #IAMIMSC Award winner. Suggs is a mental health technician with the Air Force Security Forces Center's Detachment 2 team at Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar, California. The #IAMIMSC Award recognizes people

  • AFCEC leads beddown efforts for B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is leading a large-scale, multi-year facilities construction project to deliver infrastructure needed to support the bed down of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber, the future backbone of the Air Force bomber fleet. The B-21

  • AFSFC initiatives modernize Total Force Defenders

    When it comes to equipping more than 38,000 security forces members across the Total Force, the Air Force Security Forces Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, seeks to give Defenders every advantage over their adversaries. The AFSFC Logistics Directorate is charged with making sure it