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AFIMSC expands development programs with supervisor rotation program
August 20, 2021 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center will offer more professional development opportunities for unit members when it launches the Supervisor Rotation Program Sept. 1... MORE

New AFCEC division key to nuclear infrastructure modernization
August 3, 2021 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is centralizing its support of the Air Force’s multi-billion-dollar nuclear infrastructure portfolio with a new division... MORE

AFCEC begins rollout of upgraded EOD imaging tech
July 27, 2021 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Readiness Directorate has begun delivering upgraded portable imaging X-ray systems to explosive ordnance disposal flights around the Air Force. ... MORE

AFCEC strategy leverages Air Force buying power to support CE enterprise
July 15, 2021 — An Air Force Civil Engineer Center program to streamline contract acquisition is putting the federal government’s bulk buying power in the hands of civil engineers to keep their installations mission ready. ... MORE

AFCEC construction enhances JBSA capabilities, quality of life
April 14, 2021 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is optimizing mission and training capabilities and improving quality of life at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, through its multi-year construction effort. ... MORE

Tenant feedback drives housing programs improvement
April 5, 2021 — Department of the Air Force housing program officials are analyzing data from the recently completed 2020 Department of Defense Annual Tenant Satisfaction Survey for trends and ways to improve the enterprise’s privatized and government-owned housing portfolio and tenant experience... MORE

AFCEC brings together engineers, senior leaders during virtual symposium
December 26, 2020 — Civil engineers and senior leaders from across the Department of Defense met in a virtual setting Dec. 16-17 to discuss new policies and a path forward for military construction programs in a rapidly changing execution environment. ... MORE

Construction picks up for new Airman Training Complex at JBSA-Lackland
November 16, 2020 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, or AFCEC, is leading a massive $700 million, multi-year construction project to modernize the Gateway to the Air Force for new Basic Military Training recruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. ... MORE

AFCEC hosts annual Discipline Working Group Workshop
October 24, 2020 — Engineers and architects from across the Department of Defense met virtually Oct. 20 to discuss policy updates to help build more resilient and code compliant facilities to meet mandatory DOD facility criteria... MORE

AFIMSC key to disaster recovery at installations
October 24, 2020 — When natural disasters strike installations, Air Force leadership immediately begins recovery operations to get missions up and running again as soon as possible. Requirement validators, in concert with financial experts, at the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center play an important role in that recovery. ... MORE

AFCEC space optimization efforts key to rightsizing facilities at installations
October 7, 2020 — With help from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, the Air Force is leaning forward to consolidate and reduce the facility footprint at installations across the enterprise... MORE

AFCEC helps Air Force transition to the next generation KC-46A tanker
September 15, 2020 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is expanding global reach through a multi-phase construction effort to support the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tanker... MORE

AFIMSC provides Air Force with innovative post-COVID workspace options
September 1, 2020 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center and the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Ventures innovation office are developing a viable plan that will optimize telework operations for the enterprise... MORE

Installation commanders key in privatized housing success
August 31, 2020 — Following full analysis and inputs from more than 45,000 residents, the Air Force's enterprise-wide effort to improve privatized housing program by actively engaging residents and families, and increasing installation commander input is showing positive results... MORE

AFCEC restoring iconic Cadet Chapel at U.S. Air Force Academy
August 24, 2020 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is renovating an iconic Air Force symbol – the Cadet Chapel at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado. The $158 million project aims to fix structural damage to eliminate a longstanding leakage problem after years of ineffective smaller repair efforts... MORE

AFCEC continues building on AFCAMP successes
August 3, 2020 — It’s been six years since the Air Force Civil Engineer Center established a new, transparent process for strategically racking and stacking facility sustainment, restoration and modernization requirements across the Air Force... MORE

Air Force environmental programs help endangered species thrive
July 29, 2020 — When Erica Lee was a child, the world outside the door was the place to be.“I would come home with bugs in my pocket and was always curious about the environmental world,” Lee said. Now, as an Air... MORE

Wildland Fire Branch battles fire season despite COVID-19
July 22, 2020 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Wildland Fire Branch hasn’t let the COVID-19 pandemic stop it from protecting Airmen and their families as well as wildlife during this year’s severe fire season... MORE

AFCEC welcomes first active duty director
July 20, 2020 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland welcomed its new leader during an assumption of leadership ceremony July 13. ... MORE

AFCEC leads hurricane season preparedness
July 8, 2020 — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season that runs from June 1 to Nov. 30 could include 19 named storms and 10 hurricanes – six of which are likely to be classified as major hurricanes... MORE