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Innovation Industry Days 2023 fosters partnerships, delivers solutions to I&MS challenges
January 30, 2023 — More than 2,000 small business, academic and government officials gathered in San Antonio Jan. 24-26 for Innovation Industry Days, a networking and educational event designed to foster partnerships and identify solutions to Department of the Air Force problems... MORE

Air, Space Forces transition to AFWERX 3.0
November 28, 2022 — AFWERX will release a series of new initiatives in support of its 3.0 evolution. Air and Space Force leaders will detail new opportunities for stakeholder engagement during a live broadcast Dec. 14... MORE

Autonomous multi-functional airfield tractors idea wins 2022 AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo
August 23, 2022 — An idea for autonomous airfield operations won the 2022 Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Innovation Rodeo in San Antonio Aug. 19... MORE

CSAF, CMSAF visits AFPC, talks about talent management
June 2, 2022 — Total Force Airmen and Guardians of the Air Force’s Personnel Center visited with the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force during an all-call at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph May 20, 2022. ... MORE

Call for 2022 Innovation Rodeo ideas nears June 6 deadline
May 31, 2022 — With less than a week to go in its annual call-for-topics campaign, the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is still accepting innovative ideas with the potential to change the Air Force. This year’s campaign theme is Accelerate Change through Innovation... MORE

Revised ‘Brown, Blue Book’ released
May 9, 2022 — Tradition and heritage are themes found within the revamped foundational guides for Airmen to emulate throughout their career... MORE

AFIMSC command team seeks Innovation Rodeo ideas
April 28, 2022 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is seeking ideas for the fourth annual AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo. ... MORE

Ideas wanted for 2022 AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo; at least $1M up for grabs
March 16, 2022 — The run-up to the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s fourth annual Innovation Rodeo began with the start of a call-for-topics campaign... MORE

Kendall, Brown, Raymond outline changes necessary to defend the nation, the need to go fast and succeed
March 11, 2022 — Speaking separately at an influential gathering two blocks from the White House March 9, the Department of the Air Force’s highest ranking civilian and military leaders offered emphatic variations on a similar theme – the need to modernize faster, think faster, and nurture the cultures needed to confront potential threats and adversaries... MORE

Air Force Chief of Staff modifies Action Orders to lock in gains, accelerate change
February 22, 2022 — Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr. has issued modifications to the “Action Orders” driving Accelerate Change or Lose, the conceptual, philosophical “why” for what the Air Force of the future must become... MORE

AFIMSC innovations are changing the Air Force
February 8, 2022 — Since standing up in 2015, the AFIMSC team has developed and implemented many innovations that have transformed the installation and mission support community and, in some cases, the entire Department of the Air Force... MORE

Department of the Air Force launches myEval in 2022
January 7, 2022 — Beginning January 2022, the Department of the Air Force will launch a new enlisted and officer evaluation system application, myEvaluation, to further support ongoing IT and talent management transformations for Total Force Airmen and Guardians... MORE

Sixteenth Air Force Chief looks to grow multi-capable warfighters
December 13, 2021 — Chief Master Sgt. Kenneth M. Bruce, Jr., Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) command chief, visited Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, on Dec. 7, 2021, to tour base facilities and various agencies around the 319th Reconnaissance Wing and meet the Airmen and Guardians behind the uniform who keep the mission operating daily... MORE

AFIMSC Ventures accelerates change across I&MS enterprise
October 26, 2021 — A small team of innovation experts at the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is empowering speed, innovation and change across the service... MORE

Commentary: Equality in the force
August 26, 2021 — Women’s equality. It’s a challenge that has been around for years and continues to this day. One hundred and one years ago, women had just gained the right to vote through the passing of the 19th Amendment, a right that had been guaranteed to others based on their gender... MORE

San Antonio Innovation Summit takes on ‘accelerating change’
August 5, 2021 — With the theme of Accelerate Change, the Department of the Air Force pushed innovation forward during the inaugural San Antonio Innovation Summit Aug. 3-4 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center... MORE

New Force Generation model builds high-end readiness, sustainability for Joint Force
August 5, 2021 — The Air Force announced Aug. 5 it is in the final phases of transitioning to a new force generation model to balance today’s combatant commander needs while building high-end readiness for the future... MORE

Air Force accelerates innovation into action with Project Holodeck
July 14, 2021 — As innovation continues apace across the Air Force, service leaders are focused on doing just that — empowering Airmen and accelerating the fielding and implementation of innovative ideas into tangible results... MORE

Empowered Airmen accelerate change across Air Force
May 12, 2021 — Innovation and a forward-looking mindset have long been key aspects of Air Force culture. Today, Airmen worldwide continue to exemplify these traits as they find innovative ways to implement new programs and processes to accelerate change in support of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.'s “Accelerate Change or Lose” strategic approach and accompanying Action Orders... MORE

CSAF releases action orders to accelerate change across Air Force
December 10, 2020 — In August, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., released his strategic approach entitled Accelerate Change or Lose, in which he described his view of the strategic landscape as Air Force chief of staff and, from that, his emphasis on why change is necessary. The newly-released action orders now represent his call to Airmen to move forward aggressively in the push toward change; the “what” to the first document’s “why.”... MORE