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  • Energy lease powers MacDill AFB resilience 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — The Department of the Air Force signed an Energy Assurance Lease (EAL) Nov. 9 with Tampa Electric Company (TEC) to construct, maintain and operate a 75-megawatt producing natural gas peaking plant at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.Under the terms of the

  • DAF’s first Energy Assurance Lease signed at Tyndall  

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Department of the Air Force and Florida Power and Light Gulf Power Company, known as GPC, signed DAF’s first Energy Assurance Lease Oct. 13, for the construction of a solar microgrid system with an estimated 150 kilowatt photovoltaic solar array and 450

  • Largest military solar energy project in Northeast breaks ground on JB MDL

    The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Energy Miranda A.A. Ballentine and the Adjutant General of New Jersey Brig. Gen. Michael Cunniff helped break ground on a 98-acre solar farm here Dec. 20.The 16.5 megawatt solar energy project will be the largest military

  • Former Onizuka Air Station's new mission - Enhancing education

    Once rumored to be one of the highest-ranking nuclear targets in the country, property that was home to the former Onizuka Air Station is now targeted for a different purpose. The newly opened Foothill College Sunnyvale Center serves as a regional educational center and a workforce resource for

  • AF employee reflects on life, 70-year career

    Air Force employee is retiring after a lifetime of service to our nation.Service began under Gen. George Patton in Europe during World War II and ends there as an employee of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center.

  • AFCEC Participates in Installation Reuse Forum

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Military communities across America are looking for ways to strengthen their ties to the military installations in their towns. They have learned that everyone comes out ahead when they work together. For active and closed installations, the issues can

  • Air Force employee honored for 70 years of service

    Anthony "Tony" Duno always puts Airmen and their families first.As U.S. Air Forces in Europe's Lead Residual Value Negotiator for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center's European store front at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, he is responsible for the recoupment of more than $1 billion from the return of

  • 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

  • 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