June 26, 2025 Richardson receives highest enlisted honor Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, was formally inducted into the Order of the Sword during a ceremony June 24 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
June 11, 2025 Microreactor pilot reaches major project milestone The Department of the Air Force, in coordination with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy Office, reached a critical milestone in piloting advanced nuclear energy technology with the issuance of a Notice of Intent to Award (NOITA) to Oklo, Inc.
May 21, 2025 101 Critical Days of Summer – Fun in the sun! Summer is the time to enjoy the warm sunny days with family and friends but do it safely and never leave Mother Nature to chance and prepare for the unexpected.
April 6, 2025 AFIMSC celebrates 10 years of making Air Force success its mission On April 6, 2015, the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center was activated to centralize management support and consolidate enterprise-level installation and mission support operations to help commanders focus on their primary mission areas. Ten years later, AFIMSC is celebrating its
April 3, 2025 Surviving Sunday: Former Airman credits fitness, safety course for survival 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.
March 5, 2025 DoD offers Health Care Flexible Spending Account to service members Service members can sign up for the new Health Care Flexible Spending Account putting money in pretax earnings into an account that can be spent on qualifying health care expenses.
Feb. 21, 2025 AFIMSC delivers partnerships to benefit bases, communities The Air Force Community Partnership Program gives installation commanders and senior leaders collaborative tools and training that inspire partnerships with local communities.
Feb. 7, 2025 DAF announces Spark Tank 2025 finalists DAF leaders announced the finalists of the 2025 Spark Tank competition made up of premier innovation ideas by Airmen and Guardians seeking sponsorship to bring their concepts to life.
Dec. 4, 2024 AFCEC awards leases for 5G service at all CONUS bases The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently finished awarding leases that will bring 5G service to 84 Air and Space Force installations by 2028, helping the workforce, Airmen, Guardians and their families stay connected through secure and reliable networks.
Nov. 25, 2024 Cloud One among topics briefed at digital roadshow at Hanscom Air Force Base Representatives from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Digital Enterprise Launch Team for Acquisition and the Air Force Materiel Command Digital Transformation Office recently met face-to-face with program teams at the Hanscom Conference Center, providing insights to inform the AFMC Digital
Nov. 22, 2024 AFICC-hosted summit preps acquisition pros for GPC operations More than 300 contracting professionals gathered in San Antonio 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.
Nov. 19, 2024 AFIMSC fields IROC readiness capability at five more bases 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 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
Nov. 12, 2024 AFIMSC uses gaming to ready I&MS teams for combat ops 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.
Oct. 29, 2024 Small businesses to benefit from Base Infrastructure Modernization Base Infrastructure Modernization indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract holders are required to commit to utilizing small businesses for at least 30% of the contract value, an approximately $3.75 billion commitment to small businesses over 10 years.
Oct. 15, 2024 AFCEC APE team paves way to keep DAF mission in fight 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.