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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

Attendees gather around Massaro in ventless kitchen area

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

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

A group of first grade students from Osan Elementary School, observe a weather front demonstration at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, May 26, 2021.

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.

Registration opens for I-WEPTAC 2022
March 9, 2022 — Registration is now open for the Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference, the main innovation and collaboration forum for installation and mission support to the Air and Space Forces... MORE

I-WEPTAC focuses on agile combat support core functions and addresses current and future challenges in the I&MS mission sets. The outputs will be actionable recommendations that ensure we continue to deliver agile I&MS capabilities in support of national defense and major command operational plans

AFIMSC expands development programs with supervisor rotation program
August 20, 2021 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center will offer more professional development opportunities for unit members when it launches the Supervisor Rotation Program Sept. 1... MORE

The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center will offer more professional development opportunities for unit members when it launches the Supervisor Rotation Program Sept. 1.

Air Force 'What a Wonderful World' photo contest launches
July 1, 2021 — Photographers of all ages and experiences, get your cameras ready as the annual Air Force Photo Contest launched July 1. The theme for this year’s contest, which runs July 1-31, is “What a Wonderful World.”... MORE

Air Force Photo Contest set to launch July 1

Air Force Youth Programs accepting applications for summer Virtual Aviation Camp
April 8, 2021 — Applications are open for this year’s Air Force Youth Programs’ Virtual Teen Aviation Camp. Applications are due no later than April 14. The virtual camp, held in partnership with Air Force Aero Clubs, is June 14-25 and offers an introduction to the field of aviation and opportunities for careers and leadership roles within the Air Force and Space Force. ... MORE

AFIMSC key to disaster recovery at installations
October 24, 2020 — When natural disasters strike installations, Air Force leadership immediately begins recovery operations to get missions up and running again as soon as possible. Requirement validators, in concert with financial experts, at the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center play an important role in that recovery. ... MORE

The entire roof of a hangar next to the flightline at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, is lifted off the structure during a wind storm Jan. 9, 2017.

FSS leaders tackle top issues, talk future support to Airmen and families
December 12, 2019 — More than 220 force support officer and enlisted leaders gathered in San Antonio Nov. 18-22 at the 2019 Force Support Squadron Leadership Training Workshop to help tackle big rock items impacting Airmen and families, and plan for future programs... MORE

More than 220 force support officer and enlisted leaders gathered in Texas Nov. 18-22 at the 2019 FSS Leadership Training Workshop to help tackle big rock items impacting Airmen and families, and plan for future programs.

Air Force Art Contest offers chance to showcase creativity
November 18, 2019 — The 2019 Air Force Art Contest is open for submissions through Nov. 30. There are various categories for adults and youth... MORE

The contest, part of the Air Force’s arts and crafts program managed by AFSVC, runs through Nov. 30, and is open to all authorized patrons of Air Force morale, welfare and recreation programs.

Healthy foods add spice to life
June 13, 2019 — As part of its mission to deliver healthy food options to Airmen and families across the Air Force, the Air Force Services Center, in partnership with the Culinary Institute of America San Antonio, held its first techniques for healthy cooking class June 3-7 focusing on nonappropriated fund food and beverage chefs and cooks... MORE

Will Packwood (right), Culinary Institute of America San Antonio chef, and Gabriela Irwin (left), a chef at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, look over a pork loin recipe during the practical portion of the first Air Force Techniques of Healthy Cooking Course June 5 in San Antonio. Sixteen nonappropriated fund food and beverage chefs and cooks from across the Air Force attended the course established by the Air Force Services Center, in partnership with the CIA San Antonio.