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Air Force begins service-wide lodging updates to improve guest experience
April 15, 2024 — The Air Force is improving lodging facilities across the enterprise to better serve Airmen, Guardians and their families. ... MORE

Retriever mix looks to the right in a lodging room.

2024 DAF Art Contest opens for 2D, 3D artists
March 19, 2024 — Calling all artisans … the 2024 Department of the Air Force Art Contest opened March 1 and runs through April 30. Any authorized patrons of DAF morale, welfare and recreation programs and facilities – beginning at age six – can participate in the contest... MORE

Contest poster featuring details of the contest.

Window opens for DAF Sports triathletes
March 4, 2024 — The application window is now open for Department of the Air Force triathletes and coaches to participate in the upcoming Armed Forces championship. The application window opened on March 1 and closes on March 30 for coaches and on April 15 for athletes. ... MORE

New AFSVC school liaison division aims to further improve support for dependent education
February 15, 2024 — The Air Force Services Center recently established a division and regional school liaisons to oversee processes and programs regarding Pre-K-12 education... MORE

FSS leaders meet to tackle force support challenges
November 9, 2023 — Close to 260 force support squadron commanders and senior enlisted leaders attended the 2023 Force Support Squadron Leadership Conference Oct. 24-27 in San Antonio, sponsored by the Air Force Services Center. The event focused on evaluating the internal functions of force support squadrons from a corporate perspective... MORE

DAF childcare fees amended following DOD policy change
September 25, 2023 — The Department of the Air Force is set to amend childcare fees, effective Dec. 31, in keeping with the new Department of Defense Program Fee Policy for school year 2023-2024. ... MORE

A staff member from the Child Development Center reads a book to children at RAF Alconbury, England, Feb. 2, 2023. The RAFA CDC provides quality child development and services to children and families from all four branches of the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eugene Oliver)

Mission Monday: Food 2.0 Portfolio Management
August 14, 2023 — It’s Mission Monday. Meet Christie Maas, a Food 2.0 dining facility portfolio manager at the Air Force Services Center. ... MORE

AFSVC announces 2023 Air Force Art Contest winners
July 13, 2023 — The Air Force Services Center announced the winners of the 2023 Air Force Art Contest July 11. ... MORE

Air Force set to release 30-episode Artisan Air series
May 22, 2023 — 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... MORE

Words Artisan Air with the A in Artisan as a red and blue star

Air Force Services Center announces summer camps, activities for kids
May 10, 2023 — 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 excited, engaged and entertained during the summer months... MORE

Air Force Services Child and Youth Programs is offering a variety of summer youth camps in 2019, to include Air Force Space Camp. (U.S. Air Force/file photo)

Food Summit looks to future of 27-plus DAF stateside dining operations
April 24, 2023 — More than 70 installation, Air Force Services Center and industry culinary experts gathered in Dallas from April 11-13 to discuss current and future Food 2.0 dining operations with the goal of delivering better, faster menu options to patrons... MORE

EDITORIAL | Eating strategies support ready, resilient Airmen and Guardians
April 19, 2023 — 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. ... MORE

lunch with sandwich, fruites, veggies and nuts

Air Force Services Center helps make AF Fisher Houses homes away from home
December 28, 2022 — The Department of the Air Force Fisher House Program serves as a beacon of hope and provides comforts of a home during difficult times. ... MORE

Air Force Services Center Quality of Life initiative streamlines child, youth registration
November 9, 2022 — The Air Force Services Center is rolling out the Child and Youth Programs Business Management System, or CYPBMS, a cloud-based enrollment system that will eliminate the need to hand carry the plethora of records necessary to enroll kids in child and youth programs no matter their location... MORE

AF Entertainment gives Airmen, families break from work, life stressors
October 11, 2022 — Providing Airmen, Guardians and their families opportunities to step away, breathe and just be in the moment is a key focus of the Air Force Services Center, or AFSVC, and its Air Force Entertainment program managers. ... MORE

John Michael Montgomery talks to the concert crowd

DAF Gaming delivers Gaming Expo, Esports Championship at FORCECON 2022
June 1, 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 the inaugural FORCECON22 event at the new Tech Port Center and Arena at Port San Antonio May 28-29... MORE

The gaming league was center stage at the inaugural FORCECON22 event at the new Tech Port Center and Arena in San Antonio May 28-29.

Air Force Gaming season 3 launches with new competition format
May 31, 2022 — The Department of the Air Force Gaming League is back with a new format and a new league for family members and retirees... MORE

The Department of the Air Force Gaming League is back with a new format and a new league for family members and retirees.

Air Force Gaming season 3 launches with new competition format
May 23, 2022 — The Department of the Air Force Gaming League is back with a new format and a new league for family members and retirees... MORE

DAF youth programs gear up for summer
May 23, 2022 — With kids starting to get excited about summer, many parents are thinking about how to keep their kids active and engaged until the fall... MORE

Application window opens for Olympic hopefuls
March 24, 2022 — 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 accepted into the program, athletes train full-time for the chance to represent the DAF and the nation on the world stage. ... MORE

The application window for Airmen, Guardians, Reservists and Guardsmen who dream of Olympic competition is now open. Athletes can begin applying to begin their training with the hopes of competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.