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AFIMSC Portrait: Capt. William Mitchell
May 14, 2025 — AFIMSC Portrait highlights Capt. William Mitchell, a budget analyst with the AFIMSC Financial Management Directorate, working closely with senior leaders to craft guidance and provide decision support on enterprise requirements... MORE

AFIMSC Portrait graphic with name of individual, official photo, and AFIMSC shield located at center

Mission Monday: Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program
April 21, 2025 — It’s Mission Monday! This week, we highlight Tonda Sallee, a program management specialist with the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Branch, or REPI, at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas... MORE

AFIMSC Mission Monday graphic with official photo of Tonda Sallee allong with AFCEC shield beside her photo.

Mission Monday: AFICC Enterprise Solutions Support Directorate
April 7, 2025 — It’s Mission Monday! Meet Maj. Jacquelyn Stringfield, deputy director for the Air Force Installation Contracting Center’s Enterprise Solutions Support Directorate at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas... MORE

AFIMSC Mission Monday graphic with Maj. Stringfield's official photo.

Surviving Sunday: Former Airman credits fitness, safety course for survival
April 4, 2025 — The distance between his motorcycle and the broad side of a box truck closes quicker than he can form a thought. He doesn’t think, he reacts with front brake, rear brake, no clutch and then his body and his bike slam into the stalled vehicle... MORE

Collin Cox poses with his helmet for a photograph.

AFIMSC delivers partnerships to benefit bases, communities
March 3, 2025 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is connecting installations with their local communities to enhance mission effectiveness and strengthen ties... MORE

Airmen lay down in prone position to prepare for shooting an M4 Carbine rifle.

AETC, AFMC teams pioneer new flying risk app
February 12, 2025 — Air Education and Training Command is deploying a new ground-breaking web-based system to retool how aircrew members assess risk prior to every flight, while providing a clearer picture of risk for flying unit commanders... MORE

AETC and AFMC teamed up to develop a new flying risk app. By August, the app was ready for beta testing with 19th Air Force's Detachment 24 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, and on Sep. 16, the 560th Flying Training Squadron at JBSA-Randolph fully transitioned all its daily flying operations to the electronic Operational Risk Management (eORM) application. By Dec. 16, eORM expanded to encompass all T-38C operations across AETC and had begun to include limited T-6 operations. T-6A operations continue to expand, and on Feb. 5, the remaining T-1 operations at Vance AFB, Okla., and Columbus AFB, Miss., were incorporated as well.

Mission Monday: Utilities Privatization Program
January 13, 2025 — It’s Mission Monday! Meet Michael Springer, program manager for the Utilities Privatization Program at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center... MORE

AFIMSC Mission Monday graphic with AFCEC shield and Michael Springer's bio photo

AFICC-hosted summit preps acquisition pros for GPC operations
December 4, 2024 — More than 300 contracting professionals gathered in San Antonio Nov. 12-14 for the 2024 Worldwide Operational Acquisition Training Summit to collaborate about how to better execute installation and mission support programs for Air Force Great Power Competition operations... MORE

Air Force general officer addressing an audience from a podium at a conference.

I-WEPTAC teams propose solutions to most pressing DAF GPC needs
December 2, 2024 — Airmen presented innovative solutions for the Air Force’s most pressing Great Power Competition combat support needs during the second installment of the 2024 Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conferences on Nov. 15 at the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center. ... MORE

AFIMSC Airmen and civilians sitting at a table participating in a discussion.

AFIMSC fields IROC readiness capability at five more bases
November 21, 2024 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is fielding the Installation Resilience Operations Command and Control platform at five more bases after three years of successful initial testing here... MORE

Lowell Usrey, Tyndall’s PMO Integration branch chief, simulates receiving gunshot notification from the Installation Resilience Operations Center prototype during a hands-on equipment demonstration at Tyndall, April 28, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarah McNair)

I-WEPTAC teams propose solutions to most pressing DAF Great Power Competition needs
November 19, 2024 — Airmen presented innovative solutions for the Air Force’s most pressing Great Power Competition combat support needs during the second installment of the 2024 Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conferences Nov. 15 at the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas... MORE

AFIMSC uses gaming to ready I&MS teams for combat ops
November 13, 2024 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is using a board game and data-driven outcomes to prepare installation and mission support Airmen to successfully conduct agile combat employment operations in contested environments... MORE

Participants point to game pieces on a board game designed to simulate air combat scenarios.

CSAF addresses the future of integrated capabilities at AFMC senior leader conference
November 4, 2024 — Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin highlighted the significance of integrating various airpower assets and functions to create a more cohesive and agile force during the AFMC Senior Leader Conference... MORE

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin

AFIMSC Portrait: Senior Master Sgt. Eugene P. Scott
October 23, 2024 — AFIMSC Portrait highlights Senior Master Sgt. Eugene P. Scott, senior enlisted leader for mission operations at Air Force Services Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

AFIMSC portrait graphic with official photo and AFIMSC shield

Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center sweeps Air Force Materiel Command Sijan awards
October 22, 2024 — Airmen from the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center recently won all four categories of the Air Force Materiel Command Lance P. Sijan Awards... MORE

The 2016 Lance P. Sijan U.S. Air Force Leadership Awards are displayed on a table prior to the start of an awards ceremony in the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Oct. 5, 2017. The award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding leadership ability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank)

AFIMSC executes record $9.4 billion in FY24
October 22, 2024 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center executed a record $9.4 billion in operations and maintenance funds in the 2024 fiscal year, the most funding the center has obligated in a single year since declaring full operational capability eight years ago this month... MORE

AFIMSC fiscal year closeout graphic displaying the amounts executed throughout 2024.

Air Force Civil Engineer Center APE team paves way to keep DAF mission in fight
October 18, 2024 — As the Department of the Air Force focuses on the Great Power Competition, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Airfield Pavement Evaluation team is helping keep runways worldwide ready to support the mission... MORE

members of the AFCEC APE team get ready to extract a core from the runway

Getting to know the new Air Force Security Forces Center Commander
October 17, 2024 — Col. Jason Harris took command of the Air Force Security Forces Center knowing his prior assignments were all opportunities that led to the moment in July when he accepted the unit guidon and took charge of the center... MORE

AFIMSC Getting to Know Graphic featuring Col. Jason Harris' official photo and photo of him at an official ceremony in background.

National Robot Rodeo ropes in emerging EOD technologies
September 11, 2024 — With over 25 industry partners in attendance, the goal of this year’s rodeo was to put technologies and prototypes into the hands of bomb experts in the earlier stages of development to test their capabilities, identify issues and evaluate equipment that could make its way to the field... MORE

70 years strong: The Air Force honors the legacy of the C-130
August 28, 2024 — Members of the C-130 Hercules community, past and present, from Air Mobility Command, Air Force Materiel Command and Lockheed Martin gathered at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, on Aug. 23, 2024, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the 1954 YC-130’s first flight... MORE

Gen. Mike Minihan walks by a C-130J Super Hercules Aug. 23, 2024 at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Minihan, Air Mobility Command commander, celebrated the 70th anniversary of the C-130 aircraft along with other Air Force and Lockheed Martin leaders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chris Bishop)