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Earth Day 2024: Defending the nation, protecting the future
April 22, 2024 — The Department of the Air Force observes Earth Day, Every Day because safeguarding our environment is crucial to sustaining readiness and accomplishing our mission. We’re Defending the Nation and Protecting our Future by restoring the environment, investing in built and natural infrastructure resilience, and amplifying conservation efforts... MORE

Banner image with Defending the Nation, Protecting the Future slogan featuring pictures of Airman and Guardians on horseback, monitoring red cockaded woodpeckers in the trees, and with a satellite.

Fluorine-free foam flows to Air Force bases as DOD removes PFAS from firefighting activities
April 8, 2024 — Department of the Air Force installation fire departments are replacing current stocks of aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF, in fire and emergency services vehicles with a fluorine-free formulation as part of a Defense Department-wide effort to remove PFAS from firefighting activities... MORE

First in CONUS AFFF to F3 Firefighting Foam Transition

Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center uses data to improve, streamline on-base mail systems
March 27, 2024 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is harnessing the power of data to improve Department of the Air Force installation mail services... MORE

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Michael Jones, 100th Force Support Squadron military postal clerk, scans incoming packages as they come off a secure truck, ensuring they are registered on the U.S. Postal Service tracking system before being made ready for customers at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Feb. 2, 2024. The 100th Air Refueling Wing command team visited the post office for an immersion to see for themselves the process which allows Team Mildenhall customers to receive and send mail. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

Innovative technical training helps prepare civil engineering Airmen for the future fight
March 20, 2024 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is partnering with the 368th Training Squadron’s civil engineering schoolhouses at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, to enhance training by implementing innovative technology and equipment that integrates real-world scenarios to their curriculum and saves manpower... MORE

Air Force pioneering innovative geothermal energy solutions
September 28, 2023 — Seeking to fortify defense infrastructure, the Department of the Air Force has signed agreements for groundbreaking geothermal energy prototype facilities at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, and Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. When operational, the new facilities will deliver continuous clean energy for direct consumption at the installations... MORE

Geothermal power generation solutions for Air Force

AFCEC plays vital role in Air Force climate plan initiatives
August 1, 2023 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center has a significant role in climate change initiatives intended to enhance resiliency at Air Force installations by addressing the risks severe weather poses to infrastructure, operational capabilities and readiness as outlined in the Department of the Air Force Climate Campaign Plan... MORE

AFIMSC air transportation tools deliver faster support across DOD
August 1, 2023 — Two data-based inventory tools fielded by the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center are helping the Department of the Air Force deliver faster and more efficient logistics support across the Department of Defense... MORE

AFCEC initiative targets infrastructure readiness, disaster recovery
May 26, 2021 — In less than six months, natural disasters shut down two major bases and bottlenecked critical training and mission operations for months. Initially, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Facility Engineering Directorate managed both of these recoveries and rebuild projects through separate program management offices. ... MORE

Hurricane Florence brought tropical storm conditions to North Carolina and South Carolina on Sept. 14, 2018. This satellite image was captured by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association satellite on Sept. 12, 2018.

AFIMSC budget analyst survives storm; keeps mission going
November 15, 2018 — Scott Sheffield weighed his options as Hurricane Michael strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and barreled toward the Florida coast. Like most residents in the area, the AFIMSC budget analyst could ride out the storm from his home in Panama City Beach or evacuate to a safer location. But Sheffield had a third option: attend an already planned and scheduled TDY to San Antonio for a training course – ironically a two-day problem-solving and decision-making class. He opted for the TDY... MORE

AFIMSC budget analyst Scott Sheffield returned on temporary duty to San Antonio to keep the mission going in the right direction. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Ed Shannon)