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  • Holloman marksman stays on target

    This year, the esteemed 2024 General Curtis LeMay trophy was awarded to U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Andrew Wilson, 8th Aircraft Maintenance Unit specialist section chief, who achieved the highest score at the National Trophy Individual Pistol Tournament held at Camp Perry, Ohio.

  • AFIMSC welcomes new Air Force Security Forces Center commander

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center welcomed its new Air Force Security Forces Center commander Aug. 2, while saying farewell to outgoing commander Col. Phillip Born. AFIMSC Commander Maj. Gen. John Allen presided over the change of command

  • AFIMSC introduces combat support instructor course to increase ATF readiness

    FORT BLISS, Texas – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is developing a course designed to equip combat air base squadron leaders with the skills needed to teach and lead combat support warfighters through every phase of the Air Force Force Generation model.The new Combat Support

  • AFIMSC partnership accelerates technology for I&MS capabilities

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is leveraging the AFWERX Expedient Basing Challenge to capitalize on industry expertise to rapidly address urgent Air Force needs.AFIMSC partnered with AFWERX to award contracts through the Expedient

  • AFIMSC declares FOC for HQ A-Staff transition

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's reorganization into an Air Force Forces staff structure, commonly referred to as an A-Staff, reached full operational capability Oct. 1.This achievement marks the culmination of a two-year effort to

  • New SF course delivers sharp, innovative Defenders to enterprise  

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The revamped Air Force Security Forces Center’s Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course is set to deliver sharper, innovative weapons and tactics instructors to the enterprise.  The course is going through a final beta test at AFSFC’s Desert Defender Ground

  • Mother of fallen Defender ‘marches on’ honoring son

    In the sweltering summer heat, 31 Defenders trekked up the rigorous route for their graduation ruck. Sixty-five-year-old Jiffy Helton-Sarver marches near the front, carrying a guidon commemorating her fallen son, Security Forces Officer 1st Lt. Joseph Helton.

  • AFSFC activates squadrons to replace corrections, training detachments

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Security Forces Center recently transitioned its detachments to a squadron structure to return the units to a familiar organizational framework.The process began earlier this year when Air Force Materiel Command published a special order to

  • AFSFC Airmen win corrections annual awards

    Great news out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California! Three Air Force Security Forces Center Airmen beat out their joint-service teammates to win yearly honors. Congratulations to 320th Correctional and Rehabilitation Squadron members Senior Airman Qwantez Harris, Junior Service Member of

  • CATM milestone builds DAF weapons proficiency

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Air Force Combat Arms Training and Maintenance career field achieved a significant milestone Feb. 4 with the graduation of the first CATM instructor course.  The course builds on combat arms training at every installation by having a more robust training

  • 11th SFS prepares Airmen for Mission Focused Rehearsal Training

    Airmen assigned to the 11th Security Forces Squadron complete a proficiency evaluation and training to prepare for Mission Focused Rehearsal Training (MFRT) for their upcoming deployment cycle at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., and Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., March 4-5, 2025.

  • Foreign intel job scams target current, former DoD employees

    When a social media message pops up offering a high-paying consulting job from an unknown recruiter, it’s easy to be intrigued, but think twice. For many current and former members of the Department of the Air Force, and increasingly, across the entire U.S. government workforce, this is the first