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Getting to know the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center A9 Director
July 2, 2024 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center director of the A9 Studies, Analyses, Assessments and Lessons Learned Directorate has a unique perspective on the Air Force few others can match... MORE

Force Support Contingency Training returns to Silver Flag
July 1, 2024 — The Air Force is launching new and improved Force Support Contingency Training at Silver Flag locations to better prepare services Airmen for their missions in deployed environments. ... MORE

Airmen crouched down and searching a field for debris following a simulated crash.

DAF strengthens warfighting capabilities with deployment of new security forces sUAS technologies
June 18, 2024 — To further defend U.S. and allied forces in warfighting environments, the Air Force Security Forces Center is set to roll out new small unmanned aircraft systems technologies before the end of this year. ... MORE

two people in the desert - one works on the sUAS while the other stands near the end of the launch platform

DAF leaning forward with PFAS clean-up plan
June 7, 2024 — Armed with data from nearly 10 years of investigation and response to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance, or PFAS, releases at its installations, the Department of the Air Force is rolling new regulatory standards into its ongoing plan to address PFAS risks... MORE

File photo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenneth W. Norman)

Air Force begins pilot program for breakfast at select AF Inns
May 23, 2024 — The Air Force has begun the pilot phase of its Smart Start Breakfast Program at seven Air Force Inn locations, including Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph... MORE

AFIMSC officer supports global interrogation training exercise
May 22, 2024 — An Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Airman recently participated in a detention and interrogation exercise for 10 days at Drawsko Combat Training Center, Poland, to support a special training opportunity with allied countries... MORE

AFIMSC focuses I-WEPTAC topics on Great Power Competition solutions
May 9, 2024 — The I-WEPTAC 2024.1 Mission Area Working Groups briefed ideas for integrating combat support and combat service support capabilities to reshape, refocus and reoptimize the Department of the Air Force... MORE

Window opens for DAF men's, women's softball
May 9, 2024 — The application window opens May 15 for Department of the Air Force softball players and coaches to participate in upcoming sports camps and tournaments. The window closes June 15 for men’s and women’s coaches and June 30 for players. ... MORE

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kaila Backhaus, 31st Logistics Readiness Squadron supervisor of heavy-duty maintenance, pitches a softball during an Armed Forces Sports softball game at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex in Oklahoma City, Aug. 8, 2023. Events like these encourage service members to maintain their physical fitness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Miyah Gray)

AFCEC partners with USAFE, French forces to enhance NATO engineering capabilities
May 8, 2024 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s expeditionary modernization team joined U.S. Air Forces in Europe and the French armed forces in Exercise Razorback, an interoperability airfield damage repair training, at Vouziers Airfield and Grostenquin Airfield, France, from March 20 to April 3... MORE

U.S. and French forces repair airfield damage during exercise

AFIMSC tools deliver data-driven solutions across Department of the Air Force
May 7, 2024 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Innovation and Improvement Division is transforming the way Airmen do business by integrating cutting-edge data-prep and data-visualization tools across the Department of the Air Force... MORE

DAF looks to strengthen CATM career field, deliver better training
April 30, 2024 — Air Force Security Forces is looking to strengthen the combat arms training and maintenance community while also delivering better training opportunities for Airmen and Guardians... MORE

instructor adjusts weapon while student looks on.

AFCEC streamlines CE work tasks with mobile IT initiative
April 22, 2024 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently introduced a new tool to help installations collect, manage and use civil engineering data more efficiently. The tool – a custom-designed mobile tab for the NexGen IT system – gives civil engineer field technicians a user-friendly option for accessing, logging and updating work task information directly from job sites. ... MORE

AFCEC streamlines CE work tasks with mobile IT initiative
April 17, 2024 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently introduced a new tool to help installations collect, manage and use civil engineering data more efficiently. The tool – a custom-designed mobile tab for the NexGen IT system – gives civil engineer field technicians a user-friendly option for accessing, logging and updating work task information directly from job sites. ... MORE

Year of the CYP Hero campaign celebrates child, youth program professionals
April 15, 2024 — The "Year of the CYP Hero" campaign is a dedicated initiative aimed at recognizing the invaluable contributions of Child and Youth Programs and CYP professionals throughout the remainder of the 2024 calendar year... MORE

Eighty-seventh Force Support Squadron Child Development Center caregivers are recognized by joint base senior leaders at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 15, 2024. The caregivers are considered mission essential and played a vital role in maintaining JB MDL’s crucial operations during a snowstorm last month that caused base closures due to safety concerns. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Aidan Thompson)

Air Force begins service-wide lodging updates to improve guest experience
April 15, 2024 — The Air Force is improving lodging facilities across the enterprise to better serve Airmen, Guardians and their families. ... MORE

Retriever mix looks to the right in a lodging room.

Fluorine-free foam flows to Air Force bases as DOD removes PFAS from firefighting activities
April 8, 2024 — Department of the Air Force installation fire departments are replacing current stocks of aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF, in fire and emergency services vehicles with a fluorine-free formulation as part of a Defense Department-wide effort to remove PFAS from firefighting activities... MORE

First in CONUS AFFF to F3 Firefighting Foam Transition

DAF set to launch full youth summer camp schedule
April 4, 2024 — Department of the Air Force Child and Youth Programs is set to launch myriad 2024 summer youth camps on April 8 for kids across the enterprise to boost morale, skills, teamwork and resiliency. ... MORE

Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center uses data to improve, streamline on-base mail systems
March 27, 2024 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is harnessing the power of data to improve Department of the Air Force installation mail services... MORE

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Michael Jones, 100th Force Support Squadron military postal clerk, scans incoming packages as they come off a secure truck, ensuring they are registered on the U.S. Postal Service tracking system before being made ready for customers at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Feb. 2, 2024. The 100th Air Refueling Wing command team visited the post office for an immersion to see for themselves the process which allows Team Mildenhall customers to receive and send mail. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

Innovative technical training helps prepare civil engineering Airmen for the future fight
March 20, 2024 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is partnering with the 368th Training Squadron’s civil engineering schoolhouses at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, to enhance training by implementing innovative technology and equipment that integrates real-world scenarios to their curriculum and saves manpower... MORE

Mission Monday: Services Acquisition Systems
March 18, 2024 — It’s Mission Monday. Meet Christian Degro Rosado, Air Force Services Center Acquisition Systems Branch chief... MORE