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  • AFCEE announces best of best

    The Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment's best of the best for 2010 were announced Feb. 17."Our annual winners demonstrated that they, along with their supporting cast, were able to go the extra mile in 2010," said AFCEE Director Terry Edwards. "I look forward to continued success in 2011 to further help the Air Force mission

  • AFCEE makes great strides in MMR cleanup

    "This is the top one for us because of the amount of contamination involved, because of the potential impact on the community, and because of the ecological sensitivities here," said Tad McCall, then deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force, said on contamination at the Massachusetts Military Reserve in a May 1996 Cape Cod Times newspaper

  • Commentary: Engineers build the force

    Air Force engineers trace their roots to World War I and the construction work they did to build the military's early flying schools. In the more than 90 years since, engineers have played an integral role in developing the Air Force's global airpower projection capability while sustaining the home installation.No matter the location or

  • Past, present, future: Engineers build civilizations

    Curiosity, the saying goes, killed the cat, but most engineers would also argue it has and continues to build civilizations, and the structures and products that keep them going.The National Professional Society of Engineers sponsors Engineers Week each year to celebrate the important contributions of engineers and encourage younger generations to

  • Press Release: Air Force selects contractor for Western Group housing privatization

    Release No. 20110215-01The Air Force has identified Balfour Beatty Communities, LLC, to privatize military family housing for Western Group bases at Beale AFB, Calif.; F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.; Malmstrom AFB, Mont.; and Whiteman AFB, Mo. The deal, valued at over $330 million in development costs, provides new and renovated housing for 3,264 military

  • Progress continues towards agreement with Forest City

     Representatives from Forest City Military Communities and the U.S. Air Force, including at the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment here, are continuing negotiations regarding privatized housing at Arnold AFB, Tenn., Charleston and Shaw AFBs, S.C., and Keesler AFB, Miss. "Over the past several months, we have been working

  • Press Release: Aurora selected as highest-ranked offeror in JBER housing privatization project

    Release Number: 090211Ensuring quality of life is a top Air Force priority, and on Jan. 21, as part of an ongoing effort to provide quality housing to Airmen and their families, the Air Force announced the selection of Aurora Military Housing III, LLC as the highest-ranked offeror for the remaining military family housing at Joint Base

  • Kirtland and AFCEE restore sites, recycle munitions debris

    The Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment and restoration officials at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., have 'gone green' in their munitions cleanup approach, returning hundreds of acres to mission use while at the same time recycling several tons of used munitions."Removing munitions and munitions debris is its own reward -- we're

  • AFCEE on the airwaves

  • Environmental Planning Center of Excellence takes root at AFCEE

    The Air Force is getting "back to basics" in its National Environmental Policy Act compliance, and now has a place to turn to for guidance and assistance with Environmental Impact Analysis Process requirements.In November 2010, the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment established the Environmental Planning Center of Excellence to
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