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U.S. Air Force to host Marketing Industry Day May 1
April 23, 2025 — The U.S. Air Force will host an Industry Day on May 1, 2025, to share information about the service’s vision for resonating, connecting, and inspiring the next generation of Airmen and Guardians... MORE

410th Contracting Support Brigade enhances readiness with validation exercise
February 18, 2025 — Soldiers, Airmen and civilians with the 410th Contracting Support Brigade, 502d Contracting Squadron, 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron and 773rd ESS conducted a joint validation exercise Feb. 10-13 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to assess and refine their ability to provide contracting support for military operations... MORE

U.S. Army Col. Kenneth Bulthuis, second from left, commander of the 410th CSB, asks questions and gives feedback during mock briefings at a joint validation exercise (VALEX) at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb. 13, 2025. Soldiers, Airmen and Civilians with the 410th Contracting Support Brigade (CSB), 502nd Contracting Squadron, 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (ESS) and 773rd ESS conducted a VALEX to assess and refine their ability to provide contracting support for military operations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Taeckens)

AFIMSC task force helps bases recover from hurricanes Helene, Milton
October 31, 2024 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center activated its newly established Task Force Agile Mission Support for the first time to help rapidly recover Air and Space Force installations affected by hurricanes Helene and Milton... MORE

AFIMSC establishes emergency response task force to support bases

AFIMSC Mission Monday: MAJCOM contracting support
April 1, 2024 — It’s Mission Monday. Meet Paul Lewis, senior contract specialist with the Air Force Installation Contracting Center’s 338th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. ... MORE

Mission Monday: Acquisition Solutions
February 26, 2024 — It’s Mission Monday. Meet Martin Rodriguez, a contract specialist with the Air Force Installation Contracting Center’s 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron in San Antonio. ... MORE

Photo of Rodriguez with AFICC unit shield

LMR contract mod delivers reliability, security to sister service
December 13, 2023 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is extending secure, reliable communications to U.S. Army in Europe leaders and first responders... MORE

Soldier talks into a radio in a wooded area on JB-MDL.

Air Force Installation Contracting Center change agents win Air Force acquisition awards
December 21, 2021 — Five Air Force Installation Contracting Center change agents recently earned top honors in the 2021 Secretary of the Air Force Innovation in Air Force Contracting Awards recognition program, including... MORE

Air Force, Army build on joint contracting operations with JFCE 2021
June 29, 2021 — Army and Air Force contracting experts are strengthening joint operations by reviving joint exercises, beginning with the Joint Force Contracting Exercise 2021 that was held June 21-25 at numerous locations... MORE

Maj. Matthew Szarzynski watches Airmen and Soldiers

Contracting Soldiers, Airmen ready for joint contracting exercise
June 17, 2021 — Contracting Soldiers from across the U.S. Army’s Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston are joining their Air Force counterparts June 21-25 for the virtual 2021 Joint Forces Contracting Exercise. ... MORE

Graphic for Joint Forces Contracting Exercise 2021

Showcase highlights talents of 37th Training Group
June 11, 2021 — Approximately 800 technical training students, permanent party Airmen and their families got a firsthand view of several Air Force career fields during the 37th Training Group Showcase held May 14... MORE

AFICC dashboard to help clean up custodial costs
April 18, 2020 — The Air Force Installation Contracting Center is set to launch a new dashboard in the coming weeks that will help installations save money with custodial services. ... MORE

Air Force Installation Contracting Center's Chris Hoff, facilities and construction category management advisor, takes a break from reviewing data in custodial service dashboard in his basement office.

Contracting pros deliver to COVID-19 front lines
April 10, 2020 — The Air Force Installation Contracting Center’s 763rd Specialized Contracting Squadron is one example of mission-focused agility in support of the greater fight, recently delivering a surplus of fast-tracked emergency support to Air Mobility Command in days, if not hours. ... MORE

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III is prepped to transport a transportation isolation system March 6, 2019, during a training exercise that allows Airmen to practice the most effective and safest form of transportation for patients and their medical professionals. Engineered and implemented after the Ebola virus outbreak in 2014, the TIS is an enclosure the Department of Defense can use to safely transport patients with highly contagious diseases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cody R. Miller)