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  • Misawa AB energy saving performance contract kicks off

    Base civil engineers at Misawa Air Base, Japan, along with the Defense Logistics Agency, hosted Trane, an energy service company, or ESCO, to perform a preliminary assessment of installation facilities June 20 for an energy savings performance contract.The PA kickoff event allows Trane to identify

  • Airman participates in EOD immersion

    Leaving a career field can be a scary proposition for an Airman who has been performing and learning the ins and outs of their job for the better part of a decade. The new career they choose may or may not be a good fit.Despite that, Staff Sgt. Michael McNally, 355th Maintenance Group scheduler,

  • Researchers use sound to destroy toxic firefighting chemical

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, in partnership with researchers from the University of Arizona, is exploring an innovative way to dispose of the Air Force's toxic firefighting foam stockpiles -- using only sound waves.The project, funded by the AFCEC Broad Agency Announcement program,

  • AFCEC sends installation planning team to Incirlik Air Base

    Due to its location in the region, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, serves an important role in the Air Force's fight against the Islamic State group ISIS. In the face of an expanding mission, the U.S. Air Forces in Europe reached out to the Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Planning and Integration

  • Teamwork essential as AFCEC produces newest integrated priority list

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently released its third installment of the comprehensive, two-year integrated priority list. The integrated priority list, or IPL, strategically orders requirements for facility sustainment, restoration, modernization, environmental, energy, dormitory and

  • APE Team evaluates Hill AFB airfield

    Evaluating airfields for aircraft suitability can be an arduous task when heat and wind are part of the work environment. Airfield pavement evaluation, or APE, team members recently experienced this first-hand when they performed an airfield pavement evaluation at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.An Air

  • Explosive ordnance community joins together to honor its fallen

    The joint service explosive ordnance disposal community gathered May 7, to honor EOD technicians who have died in the line of duty since World War II."It is important to remember the families, the children, the spouses," said Maj. Gen. Timothy Green, Air Force director of civil engineers, who was

  • MacDill’s new visiting quarters a celebrated investment

    The long-anticipated MacDill AFB Visiting Quarters in Florida opened for business April 15. The facility features 350 guestrooms, two conference rooms and an on-site food operation to provide guests a casual dining option.Thanks to its state of the art Davis Conference Center, one of the premier

  • More than the basics: Commemorating 20 years of housing privatization

    When Master Sgt. Meloney Natal and her children prepared for a permanent change of station to Hurlburt Field, Florida, in May 2015, the search for a home led Natal to Corvias Military Living.The safety, customer service and strong sense of military community is what sold Natal on military privatized

  • AFCEC consults with Scott AFB as TRIRIGA approaches

    A project management team from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Operations Directorate, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, recently traveled to Scott Air Force Base, Illinois to perform a detailed on-site visit to assist and train operations flight personnel on the organization and business process

  • Air Force teams with Army, law enforcement during EOD exercises

    As threats continue to emerge, interoperability and cooperation will be crucial for explosive ordnance disposal Airmen, said Maj. Mark Hope, deputy commander of the 301st Civil Engineer Squadron, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base."They'll have better networking, better relationships

  • AF wins three DOD environmental awards

    Three Air Force installations have been named winners in the 2016 Secretary of Defense environmental awards."Our men and women work hard to keep environmental stewardship a top priority while simultaneously advancing our National Defense Mission," said Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for

  • Air Force holds KC-46 public meeting

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Air Force officials held a KC-46A scoping meeting April 21 in Midwest City, Oklahoma, where the public and interested state and federal agencies were invited to ask questions and provide feedback regarding the process of choosing a Reserve-led KC-46A third main

  • April Energy Express

    In this edition: Net-zero energy building becomes a reality for Air Force Special Operations Command; the Air Force Research Laboratory earns a tech award for new solar power technology; Air Force Life Cycle Management Center completes a solar energy enhanced-use lease agreement; and more here.

  • RAB reestablished at former Pease AFB, first meeting set for April 19

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, or AFCEC, has reestablished the Restoration Advisory Board at the former Pease Air Force Base, with the first meeting to be held April 19, 2016.  The Pease Restoration Advisory Board, or RAB, is a stakeholder group that will meet quarterly to discuss ongoing

  • U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff honors AFCEC Activity Integration Team

    The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Activity Integration Team recently received honors as the second runner-up for the 2014 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award.The team's efforts contributed to a combined first-year savings of $260 million to the U.S. Air Force. But according to Capt. Graham

  • AF announces annual engineering, environmental award winners

    Air Force officials recently announced the winners of the annual Gen. Thomas D. White Environmental Awards, Civil Engineer Awards and Professional Housing Management Association Service Awards."We had another year of strong competition for our annual awards," said Maj. Gen. Timothy Green, director

  • Privatized housing project at Eglin AFB getting ready for grand opening

    As the Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Installations Directorate celebrates the 20th anniversary of privatized base housing this year, a new neighborhood is about to open at Eglin AFB.Anchored by the 12,000-square-foot Warrior Landing Community Center, the 747-residence community is set to have

  • AF signs lease for multi-sports complex project with City of Goldsboro

    The Air Force and the City of Goldsboro, North Carolina, signed a lease March 25 for a multi-sports complex on the perimeter of neighboring Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base.The Enhanced Use Lease, or EUL, enables the City of Goldsboro to develop and manage a multi-sports complex on 62 acres of

  • APE team saves the day

    Members of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Airfield Pavement Evaluation Team helped save lives following a multi-vehicle accident in Avon Park, Florida, this past February.The team members had completed their work for the day and were enjoying dinner when they heard the sounds of crashing and

  • UTC centralization initiative leads to improved management practices

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is centralizing the location of civil engineer unit type code, or UTC, kits as part of an effort to reduce the workload placed on civil engineer units at installations.The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is halfway through managing and implementing the

  • AF hangar acceptance testing checklist paves way for new standards

    Fire protection engineers, or FPEs, convened recently for the final acceptance test of an aircraft hangar foam fire suppression system at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.The addition to the 99th Air Base Wing fuel cell maintenance hangar, there was the first Air Force hangar fire suppression system to

  • CEMIRT works mission facilities at California base

    The Pacific breeze rattles metal louvers inside a massive concrete high-voltage switching station, in contrast to an almost mesmerizing electrical humming. The dim yellow glow of sodium lamps creates a sleepy feeling, when "BAM!" a 50-pound spring claps and echoes quickly through the windowless

  • DLA announces Kirtland energy savings performance contractor

    The Defense Logistics Agency recently released a down selection decision document identifying ESG as the energy services company, or ESCO, chosen to provide services for an energy savings performance contract, or ESPC, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.One of the goals of the ESPC is to upgrade

  • AFICA selects energy company for fence-to-fence ESPC

    The Air Force Installation Contracting Agency recently released a down selection decision document identifying NORESCO as the energy services company, or ESCO, chosen to provide services for an energy savings performance contract, or ESPC, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee.The scope of this ESPC

  • March Energy Express

    In this edition: Solar array dedication ceremony at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, unveils largest solar array in the Department of Defense; Clear Air Force Station, Alaska, disconnects coal, enhances energy resiliency; Air Force Civil Engineer Center division chief prepares energy managers for data

  • BAA seeks innovative solutions to environmental problems

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued a broad agency announcement, or BAA, Feb. 3, seeking proposals that demonstrate innovative, sustainable and cost-effective technologies and methodologies to more efficiently address Air Force environmental restoration and compliance concerns.The BAA

  • February Energy Express

    In this edition:  The Air Force Utility Law Field Support Center battles for fair utility rates; Hill AFB hosts the first Air Force Solar Ready Vets program; Robert Moriarty, director of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Installations Directorate, aligns real estate goals with energy goals; and

  • F-35 Lightning fighter jet joins Air Force fleet

    The F-35 Lightning II fighter jet is touching down at three installations, and the Air Force Civil Engineer Center is paving the way.Luke Air Force Base, Arizona; Nellis AFB, Nevada; and Hill AFB, Utah have started receiving the highly anticipated new aircraft."This fifth generation aircraft brings

  • 25th Anniversary of Operation Desert Storm: AF Civil Engineers lead the way

    In January 1991, the United States' first real test of the post-Cold War world unfolded as a television event.  After Iraq invaded the nation of Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990, and it was condemned by the United Nations, Operation Desert Shield began.  Desert Shield was a deployment to defend Saudi Arabia

  • AFCEC, Air Force Academy, AFIT forge research partnership

    Representatives of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, the Air Force Institute of Technology and the U.S. Air Force Academy formally established a research partnership last year that is expected to prove beneficial for all concerned.Under the partnership, members of AFCEC, AFIT and USAFA will work

  • Company selected for overseas energy savings performance contract

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Huntsville, Alabama, recently released a selection decision document identifying Siemens as the energy services company, or ESCO, chosen to provide services for an energy savings performance contract, or ESPC, at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.The primary scope of

  • January Energy Express

    In this edition: Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Energy Miranda Ballentine meets with Air Force energy experts at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center; Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts, wins a grant for its Department of Defense microgrid project; a

  • U.S. Air Force Academy foresters battling beetles

    A tiny insect is posing a monumental threat to the thousands of acres of Ponderosa pine trees on Air Force Academy property.Fighting the gnat-sized ips engraver beetle is among the duties of Diane Strohm, natural resource manager and forester at the academy, and her assistant, forester James

  • Civil Engineer Functional Advisory Council welcomes new panel leader

    The Civil Engineer Functional Advisory Council, or FAC, gained a new leader this month after Gene Mesick, technical services division chief at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, completed his term as the training and competency, or T&C, panel chair. Edwin Oshiba, deputy chief of staff for

  • Air Force, Navy enhance grid's energy resiliency

    The Departments of the Air Force and Navy marked the beginning of construction for three large, utility-scale, solar electric generating facilities in Florida during a joint-groundbreaking ceremony at Naval Air Station Pensacola Dec. 16.The projects, which are planned for NAS Pensacola, NAS Whiting

  • Wingman takes action, saves employee’s life

    On May 26, Dale Clark made a decision that saved a life.The first day back in the office after Memorial Day had started much like any other, but something wasn't right. Clark, chief of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center National Environmental Policy Act Division, noticed that one of his employees

  • December Energy Express

    In this edition: The Air Force funds a solar array at Joint Base Pearl-Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, to maximize the use of renewable energy sources; a utility privatization project in California is expected to save 1.1 billion gallons of water; senior Air Force civil engineering leadership to host a

  • Afghanistan Ministry of Defense facility nears completion

    Construction of the $228.5 million Afghanistan Ministry of Defense headquarters and garrison complex is nearing completion, after seven years, more than five million man hours and countless hurdles.The road to construction for the complex was paved with numerous challenges for Air Force Civil

  • Air Force funds solar array to increase energy savings

    The Office of the Secretary of Defense granted $6.2 million to the National Guard Bureau for the 154th Wing of the Hawaii Air National Guard, or HIANG, to develop solar arrays that are projected to maximize use of renewable energy sources at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.The Air Force Civil

  • Spangdahlem AB releases notice of opportunity for ESPC

    The Army Corps of Engineers in Huntsville, Alabama, recently released a notice of opportunity for an energy savings performance contract to significantly reduce energy use and water consumption at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.The goals of this ESPC are to convert the main fuel source from fuel oil

  • USAFA energy savings performance contractor selected

    The Defense Logistics Agency Energy recently released a down selection decision document identifying Noresco as the energy services company, or ESCO, chosen to provide services for an energy savings performance contract at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado.The purpose of the ESPC is to discover

  • CEMIRT evaluates HVAC at AF North

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Civil Engineer Maintenance Inspection Repair Team, or CEMIRT provides one-of-a-kind resources to the Air Force civil engineering community, including investigating ways to save millions of dollars.A group from CEMIRT is currently evaluating the heating,

  • AFCEC shapes GeoBase program into widely adopted force multiplier

    During the past few decades, a powerful technology has transformed the way people access, interpret and use information on a daily basis. By integrating location-based data to identify relationships, patterns and trends, geospatial technology has become an important decision making tool, from

  • AVT spearfishing team, base civil engineers track down energy savings

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Asset Visibility Team worked with base civil engineers at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, and Patrick AFB and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, recently to identify energy-saving opportunities and provide substantial savings for the Air Force.One

  • AFCEC takes steps to standardize fire suppression system testing

    Inadvertent releases of fire suppression foam can be damaging and costly to the Air Force while putting delicate aircraft at risk. Judy Biddle, hangar fire suppression subject matter specialist at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, is working to resolve this

  • NextGen IT/TRIRIGA deploys at Joint Base Andrews

    Thirty years ago, VHS players were the latest in technology, cell phones were the size of bricks and home computers were practically nonexistent.  It was during this era that many of the Air Force's legacy information technology systems began to take shape.While strides in technology since then have

  • November Energy Express

    In this issue: Read how base civil engineers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, celebrated Energy Action Month with a $1 million check; learn how energy saving performance contracts helped rack up savings at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma; see how the only junior officer assigned to the Air Force Civil

  • Prime Beef and RED HORSE members reunite to recognize golden anniversary

    More than 200 past and present RED HORSE and Prime BEEF members reunited at Fort Walton Beach, Florida, recently to celebrate 50 years of "Can Do, Will Do."During the anniversary convention, members recalled achievements, bonded with their comrades and reflected on the legacies of contingency

  • Interoperability plays key role in force protection planning

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center's emergency management division recently hosted the Air and Space Interoperability Council's Force Protection Working Group, or ASIC/FPWG, annual council meeting.ASIC is a formal, five-nation military organization with a mandate to enhance coalition warfighting

  • DLA reviews responses to ESPC opportunity at Kirtland

    The Defense Logistics Agency released a notice of opportunity recently for an energy savings performance contract, or ESPC, for improvements in energy efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and is currently reviewing responses from multiple energy

  • Construction continues on Nuclear Weapons Center facility

    Construction is underway on the second phase of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center expansion at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.The first phase, completed in June, consisted of a $23.5 million, 57,000 square-foot facility connected to the existing Nuclear Weapons Center via a secure enclosed

  • ESCOs selected for several Air Force ESPCs

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineering and Support Center released selection letters for an energy service company, or ESCO, to AECOM, Siemens Government Services, Inc. and Honeywell International, Inc. late last month.The letters authorize the ESCO to proceed with preliminary assessment, or

  • October Energy Express

    In this issue: Find out how the Air Force is supporting Energy Action Month; learn the truth about facility sustainment, restoration, and modernization; read Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Miranda Ballentine's 21st century approach to Air Force Energy and more here.

  • Asset visibility team assesses Patrick AFB and Cape Canaveral AFS

    Assessing over two million square feet of building space for the Air Force is not an easy task but one that the asset visibility team, or AVT, from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center has readily taken on. A recent assessment at Patrick Air Force Base and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is the

  • Hanscom AFB releases notice of opportunity for ESPC

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently released a notice of opportunity for an energy savings performance contract, or ESPC, for several utility systems at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts.The notice is an invitation for the 14 energy service companies, or ESCOs, qualified by the Department

  • Los Angeles AFB releases notice of opportunity for ESPC

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently received proposals for a notice of opportunity for an energy savings performance contract, or ESPC, to minimize energy consumption and costs, and to reduce reliance on non-renewable energy sources at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, Sept. 9.The

  • AFCEC leads Air Force participation in National Fire Prevention Week

    The fire emergency services division at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center is leading the Air Force for National Fire Prevention Week Oct. 4-10, a national event hosted by the National Fire Protection Association.This year's National Fire Prevention Week theme is "hear the beep where you sleep," a

  • Bay District Schools recognizes AFCEC STEM outreach program

    Joe Wander, the science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, outreach coordinator at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Tyndall Detachment, was recognized at a Bay District Schools board meeting Sept. 22 for his role in providing C.C. Washington Academy with new science equipment as part

  • AFCEC, Air Force celebrate 25th Energy Action Month

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is joining the Air Force and the rest of the federal government in a month-long observance of energy awareness this October.Energy Action Month, hosted by the Department of Energy, is part of the Air Force's initiative to decrease consumption of all Air Force

  • Air Force GeoBase program collaborates with sister services

    Members of the Air Force geospatial enterprise and civil engineers met with Office of the Secretary of Defense Installation Geospatial Information and Services Governance Group, or IGG, program managers from OSD, representatives of the geospatial programs from all branches of service and the U.S.

  • Air Force Transfers McClellan Deeds to Sacramento County for Redevelopment

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center signed two deeds for property at the former McClellan Air Force Base this month, transferring 183.4 acres to Sacramento County.The county will in turn transfer the property to McClellan Business Park, the former military base's developer. Since closure in 2001,

  • Air Force, EPA work together to protect drinking water

    Through a cooperative effort with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Air Force has provided a statement of intent to EPA's Region I administrator to both assure the safety of the drinking water from wells on the former Pease Air Force Base and address environmental contamination from

  • KC-46A beddown on path for success

    The Air Force is on target for the beddown of its KC-46A Pegasus aerial tanker fleet.In support of the beddown, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center is managing a total of 27 construction projects across three locations. Initial beddown projects will be completed by 2016, with the remaining projects

  • Spray Zero Eight alleviates mosquitoes in Charleston

    Air Force Civil Engineer Center Medical Entomologist Don Teig and other reservists from the 757th Airlift Squadron in Youngstown, Ohio, came together this month to eliminate mosquitoes in the dredge spoils outside Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina.The reservists brought a C-130 from Youngstown

  • Air Force announces winners of the 2015 Design Awards

    The Air Force has announced the winners of the 2015 Air Force Design Awards. Eight projects were recognized for achieving excellence in design."These awards recognize the outstanding teamwork required to produce quality Air Force facilities, and the winning projects epitomize the skill and

  • Rooftop solar arrays need robust planning

    When people think of rooftop solar arrays, they tend to focus on the potential energy savings without considering potential roof damage and safety concerns.This is the concern of Clayton Deel, roofing engineer subject matter expert at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. He has developed a list of

  • September Energy Express

    In this issue: See how the  Air Force won its most Federal Energy Management Program awards EVER; learn about the recent federal energy conference in Phoenix, Arizona; read our special profile of Air Force Director of Civil Engineers Maj. Gen. Timothy Green; and more here.

  • DOE Energy Exchange conference brings industry, AFCEC together

    Representatives from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center met with federal and industry peers to exchange ideas and learn from each other Aug. 10-14 during the first federal energy conference since 2011.In Phoenix, the "Energy Exchange" event's roughly 2,000 attendees were a mix of energy engineers

  • AF emergency managers emphasize planning during National Preparedness Month

    September is National Preparedness Month and the Air Force Civil Engineer Center is leading the charge for service-wide participation.With a theme of "Don't wait. Communicate. Make your emergency plan today," this year's focus is on emergency planning to include development of evacuation plans and

  • California AF installations conserve water during drought

    Extreme drought conditions continue to persist in California for a fourth year, and for the first time in the state's history, residents are undergoing mandatory water conservation regulations in an effort to strengthen the state's water management and supplies to prepare for a potential fifth year

  • Latest demonstration promises bright future for RADBO

    The Air Force explosive ordnance disposal community is one step closer to fielding its newest technology.The latest demonstration of the recovery of airbases denied by ordnance, or RADBO, vehicle has left a good impression on the project's stakeholders, including Lt. Col. John Tryon, deputy director

  • New Mexico officials acknowledge team behind Kirtland cleanup progress

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center marked a significant milestone in the cleanup of a fuel leak Aug. 13 with the activation of a groundwater treatment system here.Gov. Susana Martinez, members of the state's congressional delegation and other officials joined Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee

  • AFCEC manages Air Force transition to airfield damage repair

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Readiness Directorate is training other Airmen who will, in turn, train their peers on new methods and standards for repairing runways.Eight students from four bases around the Air Force completed the first of four airfield damage repair, or ADR, mobile training

  • Services come together for environmental forum

    Environmental programs across all branches of service provide support to headquarters, installations and stakeholders to enable DOD missions. In an effort to enhance programs and practices, the Air Force, Army and Navy service providers came together and created the Joint Environmental Forum, a two

  • Student turns sand into rocks for AFCEC internship

    Kathleen Rish, a senior at Port Saint Joe High School in Port Saint Joe, Florida, finished an eight-week internship working with the research and acquisitions division of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Readiness Directorate here July 23."It's the first time we've had a student here for this

  • August Energy Express

    In this issue of Energy Express: We have a SPECIAL EDITION featuring Air Force energy savings performance contracts! Read about a one-of-a-kind ESPC at Arnold AFB, Tennessee; a data center consolidation at Edwards AFB, California; a project on the historic facilities of the U.S. Air Force Academy in

  • Requests for proposal released for Schriever ESPC

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in conjunction with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, recently released a request for proposals for a base-wide energy savings performance contract at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.The ESPC is to be a "fence-to-fence" project, meaning energy service

  • Buckley ESPC kicks off

    The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, in cooperation with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, released a request for proposals recently for an energy savings performance contract at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado.AFCEC is asking interested energy service companies, or ESCOs, for a "fence-to-fence"

  • Edwards moves forward with DOD's first ESPC data center consolidation

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently announced the energy service company selected to perform an investment-grade audit for an energy savings performance contract at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The project includes the first ESPC data center consolidation in the Department of

  • USAFA launches energy overhaul of iconic facilities

    The Defense Logistics Agency Energy released a notice of opportunity recently for a unique energy savings performance contract at the U.S. Air Force Academy.The purpose of the ESPC is similar to most - to discover and implement energy conservation measures for facilities across the installation.

  • Company chosen to proceed with Tinker Air Logistics Complex ESPC

    The Defense Logistics Agency Energy recently announced the energy service company chosen to move forward with an energy savings performance contract, or ESPC, for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.Honeywell, Inc. has been invited to perform a preliminary

  • AFCEC urges Air Force to focus on heat safety

    Heat-related illness is the leading cause of weather-related fatalities in the United States.To reduce the risk of these illnesses to Airmen and their families, emergency managers at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center are emphasizing the Air Force "Be Ready" awareness campaign to focus on heat

  • USAFA cadet's research brings AFCEC a breath of fresh air

    Research recently conducted by U.S. Air Force Academy cadet Stephanie Ohms could help deployed Airmen breathe a little easier.Ohms, who recently completed a six-week internship with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Readiness Directorate as part of the USAFA's Cadet Summer Research Program,

  • Air Force leads DOD in 2015 energy awards during best year ever

    The Department of Energy recently announced the winners of the 2015 Federal Energy Management Program awards with the Air Force leading the Department of Defense with its most wins ever.Of the nine government agencies that won 32 total awards, the Air Force won 10 across three categories; the Army

  • Brown assumes leadership of AFCEC

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center gained a new director during an assumption of leadership ceremony here July 16. Before introducing Randy E. Brown as the organizations incoming director, Maj. Gen. Theresa C. Carter, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center commander, recounted some of

  • Arnold hosts site visit for one-of-a-kind ESPC

    Representatives from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center and several energy service companies, or ESCOs, recently conducted an energy savings performance contract site visit at one of the most unique Air Force bases in the world.The Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base,