Fact Sheets

  • AF Installation & Mission Support Center

    Air Force Installation and Mission Support CenterThe Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center team takes care of Airmen, Guardians, and families and keeps airfields and infrastructure combat ready by managing installation and mission support programs for more than 30 Air Force specialties

  • Air Force Security Forces Center

    The Air Force Security Forces Center, located at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is one of four Primary Subordinate Units under the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center and assigned to Air Force Materiel Command.  

  • Air Force Security Forces Center Lineage

    The Air Force Security Forces Center traces its lineage to Sept. 1, 1979, as the Air Force Office of Security Police when it was activated as an Air Force Separate Operating Agency at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

  • Concepts and Innovation Branch (Defender Spark)

    The Air Force Security Forces Center Concepts and Innovations Branch, or Defender Spark, informs Security Forces leaders of the changes needed to keep pace with the SF career field needs. 

  • U.S. Air Force Defender Challenge

    The U.S. Air Force Defender Challenge pits "the best of the best" Defenders from across Air Force major commands and international partners in a head-to-head team competition, focusing on the craft and tools of their trade -- weapons and tactics.