JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas –
The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center executed a record $9.4 billion in operations and maintenance funds in the 2024 fiscal year, the most funding the center has obligated in a single year since declaring full operational capability eight years ago this month.
The $9.4 billion surpasses last fiscal year’s record breaking $9.1 billion.
AFIMSC received and executed an additional $3.9 billion in multiyear appropriations for other programs that support Air and Space Force missions around the world.
“It takes about $13 billion a year to deliver the resources our installations need to do the job right. We got about $8.5 billion but executed $9.4 billion because we were prepared to take on and use it responsibly,” AFIMSC Commander Maj. Gen. John Allen when addressing the AFIMSC team after year-end closeout. “Most of (the additional funding) came late in the fiscal year. It came down to 3 or 4 in the morning, but the crew of folks from our (war room) carried us across the finish line.”
The funding down to the last dollar spent supports the top I&MS priorities across the Department of the Air Force.
“While FY24 presented us with many challenges, we successfully navigated them and achieved significant successes,” said AFIMSC Financial Management Director Melissa Blakesly. “The installations and primary subordinate units did an outstanding job of maximizing and executing the resources provided to support the global mission.”
The operations and maintenance budget supports all 83 DAF installations. It included:
- $1.6 billion in must-pay requirements including installation utilities, environmental quality program and international agreements.
- $3.5 billion in other base operating support requirements:
- Base maintenance contracts, and fire and emergency services
- Quality of life programs linked to Airmen and family services, including dining facilities, child and youth programs, fitness, and morale, welfare and recreation activities.
- Environmental restoration
- $2.8 billion in decentralized facilities, sustainment, restoration and modernization
- $1.5 billion in installation construction tasking order funding
AFIMSC supported the DAF’s Great Power Competition initiative by funding Pacific deterrence initiatives totaling $143 million.
In the final days of the fiscal year, Secretary of the Air Force Financial Management provided end-of-year funding totaling $171 million for centralized facility sustainment, restoration and modernization, Hurricane Helene relief efforts, and Fisher House operations. AFIMSC also received $27.5 million for end-of-year unfunded requirements to support repairs at several U.S. Space Force facilities including the Cheyenne Mountain Power Plant in Colorado.
Strategic financial management was key to allocating resources effectively and ensuring mission success, said Col. David Osterhaus, Financial Analysis Division chief.
“The team demonstrated exceptional resilience and adaptability when facing significant and unexpected unfunded requirements,” Osterhaus said. “By closely monitoring expenditures and adjusting our strategies in real time, we were able to meet critical needs without compromising on quality or efficiency.”
With the closing of the 2024 budget book, FM is already putting lessons learned to work.
“We effectively managed scarce resources, supported installations and warfighters, and ensured continuity of our operations,” Blakesly said. “As we move into this next fiscal year, we will continue to build on these successes and face any additional challenges that come our way.”