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AFIMSC revamps tool to save manhours, deliver timely tracking of travel dollars
September 26, 2022 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is launching a revamped tool Oct. 1 to help traffic managers enterprise-wide customers save time and streamline reporting when it comes to unused government-issued ticket reimbursement. ... MORE

AFCEC Wildland Fire Branch ignites new tribal partnership
September 26, 2022 — 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. ... MORE

433rd SFS hosts combat dining-in for Alamo Wing
September 26, 2022 — The 433rd Security Forces Squadron hosted a combat dining-in for the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex Sept.10... MORE

433rd Civil Engineer Squadron honors 9/11 first responders
September 26, 2022 — Members of the 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron participated in a 9/11 memorial stair climb at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Sept. 11, 2022, to commemorate the 110 flights of stairs first responders had to climb inside the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001... MORE

37th Training Wing: Gentle leaders for gentle giants
September 26, 2022 — Considering the 37th Training Wing is home to training all military working dogs for the Department of Defense and other agencies, it is no surprise Airmen from the 341st Training Squadron found a new way to improve the exercise of the gentle giants of our force – using a gentle leader. A gentle leader is a collar, except it’s not the traditional collar that goes around a dog’s neck. Instead, it is a head collar that goes around a dog’s snout, which prevents them from being “pullers.”... MORE

Embedded AF medics enhance security forces readiness training
September 23, 2022 — 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 attached to Desert Defender, the AFSFC’s Ground Combat Readiness Training Center at Fort Bliss, provide continuous medical care for about 150 permanently assigned personnel and the more than 4,000 students who train here every year... MORE

Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) commander flies a Compass Call
September 21, 2022 — U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Kevin Kennedy, Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) commander, visited the 55th Electronic Combat Group and flew the EC-130H Compass Call at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Sept. 14, 2022... MORE

NextGen 2.0 helmets on the way to Defenders across DAF
September 20, 2022 — Defenders at installations across the Department of the Air Force are set to don the Security Forces NextGen Helmet 2.0 later this year... MORE

AFIMSC experts: building, maintaining the force since 1947
September 15, 2022 — As the Air Force celebrates its 75th anniversary this month, here are some significant historical milestones from the functions that make the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center the go-to installation and mission support organization it is today... MORE

Military training leader creates app, saves hours of in-processing Security Forces students
September 15, 2022 — Force Generators pave the way for advancing force development in our force, and a military training leader with the 343rd Training Squadron symbolizes just that… plus more. Staff Sgt. Justin Davis created a web-based app that saves several hours each week during the in-processing of students and has saved the Air Force over $15,000 as a result of no longer printing 400,000 pieces of paper annually... MORE

E-3 Sentry AWACS takes flight over JBSA-Kelly Field Annex
September 14, 2022 — A U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry, assigned to the 552nd Air Control Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and its crew used Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex to fly to the Roar by the Shore air and space expo in South Padre Island, Texas... MORE

Special Warfare Training Wing strengthens inclusion
September 14, 2022 — Modified facilities were built at the Special Warfare Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to ensure appropriate levels of privacy for mixed-sex cohorts of trainees at the Special Warfare Candidate Course, the course of initial entry for those who want to become Air Force Special Warfare Airmen... MORE

Coast Guard recruits train at Defense Language Institute English Language Center
September 13, 2022 — U.S. Coast Guard recruits began instruction at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center as part of the Army's Echo Company at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Aug. 30... MORE

37th TRSS launches new Faculty Development course
September 13, 2022 — The 37th Training Support Squadron is launching a new Faculty Development course titled "Student-Centered Active Learning Experience" or SC-AL-E, Oct. 3... MORE

149th Fighter Wing helps celebrate Air Force 75th anniversary
September 13, 2022 — To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United States Air Force, the 149th Fighter Wing invited civilian pilot James Bohanon to fly his P-51 Mustang in formation alongside the wing’s F-16s on Sept. 10, 2022 at Joint-Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

433rd Airlift Wing, 960th Cyberspace Wing Airmen earn promotions
September 12, 2022 — The following 433rd Airlift Wing and 960th Cyberspace Wing Airmen earned a promotion in grade in September... MORE

PHOTOS: 149th Fighter Wing maintainers perform F-16 landing gear operations check
September 8, 2022 — Crew chiefs from the 149th Maintenance Group performed a landing gear swings operations check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 19, 2022... MORE

AFIMSC Detachment 7 welcomes new commander
September 7, 2022 — Col. James Masoner took command of Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 7 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, during an assumption of command ceremony Sept. 1... MORE

Docuseries highlights Air Force Basic Training experience
September 6, 2022 — Follow five Air Force trainees and hear their perspectives on their eight-week journey to becoming airmen in "Basic," an eight-part, rereleased docuseries shot in high-definition 4K resolution... MORE

149th Fighter Wing, 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron participate in joint exercise
September 2, 2022 — The 149th Fighter Wing and the 502nd Air Base Wing's 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron participated in a joint exercise allowing the firefighters to get F-16 familiarization and egress training in the event of an emergency at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 18, 2022... MORE