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AFIMSC’s hybrid workplace model finds solutions in tight spaces
November 14, 2022 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Office of the Future initiative is helping the center’s Detachment 10 create an innovative, flexible office environment in limited space. ... MORE

AFIMSC programs help military families thrive
November 8, 2022 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center and its subordinate units deliver morale, welfare and recreation programs, activities and infrastructure to build and sustain ready and resilient Airmen, Guardians and families. Many of the programs, missions and initiatives are closely associated with the Five and Thrive initiative that launched in 2021. ... MORE

Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Five and Thrive

Lodging divestiture, right-sizing underway to ensure future mission success
November 2, 2022 — The Department of the Air Force is divesting lodging operations at nine installations and right-sizing facility capacity at others to meet a Defense Department requirement that all lodging is self-sustaining without taxpayer funding. ... MORE

Mission Monday: AFIMSC support to Pacific Air Forces
October 31, 2022 — It’s Mission Monday! Jianren “JR” Lei is a pavements engineer with the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 2 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii... MORE

Desert Defender recognized as Total Force training integrator
October 28, 2022 — Following its successful integration of active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve personnel, the Air Force Security Forces Center’s Det. 3 Ground Combat Regional Training Center at Fort Bliss, Texas, was recently designated a Total Force Classic Association. ... MORE

AFIMSC beats fiscal clock to boost installations disaster resiliency
October 28, 2022 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center successfully closed out a year-long effort to increase infrastructure resiliency at Air Force installations in the wake of winter storm Uri. ... MORE

AFIMSC executes record $8.8 billion in FY22
October 14, 2022 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center closed out a challenging year in the last hours of FY22, executing more than $8.8 billion. It’s the most funding AFIMSC has obligated in a year since the center declared full operational capability six years ago this month... MORE

The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center closed out a challenging year in the last hours of FY22, executing more than $8.8 billion.

Hispanic Heritage Month: Airman 1st Class Sophia Rodriguez
October 11, 2022 — Meet Airman 1st Class Sophia Rodriguez, commander support staff technician at Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Rodriguez shares her experience serving in the military and what Hispanic Heritage Month means to her. ... MORE

Hispanic Heritage Month and we're highlighting members of our AFIMSC team.

AFCEC celebrates 10 years of Battle Ready, Built Right installation support
October 11, 2022 — On Oct. 1, 2012, Air Force leaders activated the Air Force Civil Engineer Center to provide centralized Civil Engineering support and expertise. Ten years later, AFCEC is celebrating a decade of delivering “Battle Ready, Built Right” support to installations around the world... MORE

AF Entertainment gives Airmen, families break from work, life stressors
October 11, 2022 — Providing Airmen, Guardians and their families opportunities to step away, breathe and just be in the moment is a key focus of the Air Force Services Center, or AFSVC, and its Air Force Entertainment program managers. ... MORE

John Michael Montgomery talks to the concert crowd

AFIMSC disaster recovery team responds to Hurricane Ian
October 6, 2022 — Nearly four years after the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center began rebuilding Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, following Hurricane Michael, a disaster recovery response team armed with expertise and lessons learned from that storm is helping MacDill Air Force Base in Florida assess damage in the wake of Hurricane Ian. ... MORE

Mission Monday: Knowledge management operations
October 3, 2022 — It’s Mission Monday! Sonya Williams is a knowledge management operations specialist with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas... MORE

Hispanic Heritage Month: Dennis Guadarrama
September 27, 2022 — It’s Hispanic Heritage Month! In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed the commemoration into law to recognize the significant contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture and achievements of the United States and the Air Force... MORE

AFCEC Wildland Fire Branch ignites new tribal partnership
September 26, 2022 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is leveraging the invaluable local knowledge of Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes members to build a better-prescribed burn program at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. ... MORE

Embedded AF medics enhance security forces readiness training
September 23, 2022 — Some Airmen dedicate their lives to protecting and defending; others dedicate their lives to healing and saving the lives of those who do. Medical support staff from the Air Force Security Forces Center’s Detachment 3 Medical Aid Station undertake this mission. The six medics attached to Desert Defender, the AFSFC’s Ground Combat Readiness Training Center at Fort Bliss, provide continuous medical care for about 150 permanently assigned personnel and the more than 4,000 students who train here every year... MORE

NextGen 2.0 helmets on the way to Defenders across DAF
September 20, 2022 — Defenders at installations across the Department of the Air Force are set to don the Security Forces NextGen Helmet 2.0 later this year... MORE

graphic showing SF helmets version 1.0 and 2.0

AFIMSC experts: building, maintaining the force since 1947
September 15, 2022 — As the Air Force celebrates its 75th anniversary this month, here are some significant historical milestones from the functions that make the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center the go-to installation and mission support organization it is today... MORE

AFIMSC Detachment 7 welcomes new commander
September 7, 2022 — Col. James Masoner took command of Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 7 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, during an assumption of command ceremony Sept. 1... 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

Getting to know the new Air Force Civil Engineer Center commander
August 16, 2022 — Brig. Gen. William Kale took command of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, headquartered in San Antonio, during a change of command ceremony Aug. 8 officiated by the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center commander... MORE