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Air Force budget officers collaborate, maximize installation support
March 5, 2019 — The day-to-day talent and hard work of hundreds of Air Force installation budget officers shined last September when the Air Force achieved a successful, historic fiscal year close out in the record $6.9 billion installation and mission support portfolio. To build on their momentum and prepare for a successful fiscal 2019, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's Budget Office hosted more than 160 funds managers and analysts at the AFIMSC Budget Officers Summit in San Antonio, Feb. 26-28... MORE

AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo moves ideas closer to reality
March 4, 2019 — Three innovative ideas to support worldwide warfighter success are one step closer to reality today thanks to the first Air Force Innovation Rodeo, $650,000 in total seed money and a partnership with AFWERX and tech accelerator companies... MORE

Virtual visitor control center among eight finalists for AFIMSC’s inaugural ‘Innovation Rodeo’
February 26, 2019 — one in a series profiling our AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo finalists. For more on the finalists and rodeo results, visit https://www.afimsc.af.mil/Innovation/... MORE

Wide area detection among eight finalists for AFIMSC’s inaugural ‘Innovation Rodeo’
February 26, 2019 — John Shackell, a force protection business consultant with the Air Force Security Forces Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, once had an idea “before its time.”... MORE

Supporting warfighters: two workforces come together with one mission in mind
February 25, 2019 — Child care, golf, bowling and community centers … lodging operations … outdoor recreation. These operations, and many more, are designed to support the morale, welfare and recreation of Airmen and their families, and rely heavily on one thing to make them tick … nonappropriated fund, or NAF, employees... MORE

New AFIMSC executive director focuses on developing leaders
February 19, 2019 — Since assuming her position as the new Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center executive director last fall, Lorna Estep has gained a greater appreciation for people across the center and their diverse missions... MORE

Registration opens for 3rd annual I-WEPTAC
January 29, 2019 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center announces registration for the Third Annual Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference is open. The conference provides the only Air Force innovation forum for the installation and mission support, or I&MS, community. It takes place the end of March and early April in San Antonio with an outbrief April 10 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

New AFIMSC office stresses ideas, innovation and implementation
January 11, 2019 — Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's new innovation office is dedicated to tying together the vast innovation ecosystem with the Airmen at installations... MORE

AFIMSC continues to innovate in 2019
January 9, 2019 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center has been at the innovation forefront since it stood up in 2015, and it's taking it to the next level in 2019... MORE

Hurricane recovery displays Financial Operations' networked capabilities
December 17, 2018 — After Hurricane Michael unveiled its might by inflicting damage and destruction at Tyndall Air Force Base, the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Financial Operations Division displayed its networked and integrated power through the many ways it supports people impacted by the storm... MORE

AFIMSC Innovation Office seeks game-changing ideas
December 17, 2018 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Innovation Office launches a program in the new year to help Airmen implement their innovative ideas. The campaign, open Jan. 1-31, 2019, gives military and civilian members of mission support groups worldwide a chance to fund their ideas and partner with innovation experts... MORE

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

Alpha Warrior final battle returns to San Antonio Nov. 17
November 5, 2018 — The 2018 Alpha Warrior Final Battle will feature the first ever inter-service competition with Airmen, Soldiers and Sailors competing Nov. 17 at Retama Park in Selma, Texas... MORE

AFIMSC helps Tyndall get back in the fight
November 1, 2018 — As Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, recovers from Hurricane Michael Oct. 10, members and teams from across the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, are helping the base get back in the fight... MORE

Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center seeks I-WEPTAC topic inputs
October 23, 2018 — Organizers from the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center are offering Airmen an opportunity to help shape the future of combat support by submitting topics for the third annual Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference... MORE

Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center completes historic fiscal year closeout
October 9, 2018 — The Air Force executed a record $6.9 billion in the installation and mission support portfolio during fiscal 2018, nearly $1 billion more than last year, and culminating in a successful, historic fiscal year close out... MORE

AFIMSC observes two years of innovation, support to Air Force
October 9, 2018 — Agile, innovative, networked. That’s not a list of buzz words from the Air Force Association’s 2018 Air, Space & Cyber Conference. These words serve as the foundation for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center. AFIMSC celebrated its second year of full operational capability Oct. 1. The standup represented the Air Force’s largest change in more than 20 years as the service centralized 155 installation and mission support functions previously executed by the major commands and Headquarters Air Force into a single, intermediate level command... MORE

Back to Bases: AFCEC revives environmental workshop
August 17, 2018 — Air Force senior leaders and environmental experts from around the globe tackled a variety of installation environmental issues during the 2018 Air Force Environmental Workshop Aug. 7-9 in downtown San Antonio... MORE

AFIMSC leads culture change in world of budget execution
August 2, 2018 — The Air Force exceeded 83 percent budget execution by July 31 this year in the installation and mission support portfolio, the achievement wasn’t about reaching some arbitrary milestone. Instead, it displayed a change in culture. ... MORE

Security Forces teams prepare for return of Defender Challenge
July 26, 2018 — Security Forces teams from U.S. Air Force major commands, Great Britain and Germany are training to compete at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis Sept. 10-14 when Defender Challenge returns after a 14-year hiatus... MORE