At center, Mike Crawford, chief track inspector at
At center, Mike Crawford, chief track inspector at the U.S. Army Engineering Research and Development Center, explains different turnout components to a group of students during a field trip. A turnout is a sec... More
Solar array project set to begin on Vandenberg
An energy company recently awarded a power purchase agreement is set to design and build a 28-megawatt solar photovoltaic array at Vandenberg. The array will span approximately 200 acres in the old east housing... More
Sacramento County and the U.S. Air Force signed a monumental
Sacramento County and the U.S. Air Force signed a monumental agreement allowing for rapid cleanup and early land transfer at McClellan in 2007. This was a first in the nation for the Department of Defense, tran... More
Greg Gangnuss on an airfield in Afghanistan during
Greg Gangnuss on an airfield in Afghanistan during his March 2015 to April 2016 deployment. (Courtesy photo).
Air Force Civil Engineer Center instructors and students
Air Force Civil Engineer Center instructors and students start a day of behind-the-wheel training for the AFCEC Tractor Trailer Training program Aug. 10, 2015, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. This is the first t... More
Detachment 9, 2700th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron
Detachment 9, 2700th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (Courtesy photo)
Kenny R. Johnson, P.E., chief of the Legislative and
Kenny R. Johnson, P.E., chief of the Legislative and Regulatory Engagement Division, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, addresses attendees at the Central Regional Environmental Restoration Summit held in Santa F... More
The Center for Character and Leadership Development
The Center for Character and Leadership Development at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, also houses the Honor Board Room. A cadet accused of violating the Academy's honor code can look u... More
Duplex housing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado,
Duplex housing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, features rooftop solar panels. The homes are part of the Air Force Housing Privatization program portfolio, which is managed by the Air Force Civil Engineer ... More
Anthony Duno, United States Air Forces in Europe's
Anthony Duno, United States Air Forces in Europe's Lead Residual Values Negotiator for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, was honored at The Pentagon for his 70 years of service. A... More
Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the Air Force, honors
Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the Air Force, honors Anthony Duno for his 70 years of service as the United States Air Forces in Europe's Lead Residual Values Negotiator for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center... More
Beale awarded for innovative environmental restoration practices
Randy Brown (left), U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center director, presents the 2016 Department of Defense Environmental Award for Environmental Restoration, Installation award to Col. Larry Broadwell, 9th Reco... More
Staff Sgt. Guadalupe Corona, explosives ordnance disposal
Staff Sgt. Guadalupe Corona, explosives ordnance disposal team leader with the 327th Civil Engineer Squadron, remotely maneuvers an F6A robot at the inaugural Eastern Robot Rodeo & Capability Exercise in Atlant... More
AFCEC translator, interpreter keeps communication clear
Air Force Civil Engineer Center European Store Front Translator and Interpreter Barbara Spur poses for a photo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chris Pape)
DoD extends deadline for Tenant Satisfaction Survey
One of the Dyess family homes located in Freedom Run, part of Balfour Beatty Communities, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. BBC has more than 670 single family homes geared towards all ranks. (Courtesy photo)
AFCEC airfield pavement evaluation, or APE, team chief
AFCEC airfield pavement evaluation, or APE, team chief Capt. Sean Gann and airfield pavement evaluation subject matter expert John Duval investigate and survey the pavement during a recent visit to Seymour John... More
Hal Sager (left), 75th Range Maintenance engineer at
Hal Sager (left), 75th Range Maintenance engineer at the Utah Test and Training Range at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, discusses the scope of snow operations with Preston Benedyk, AFCEC vehicle and snow control ma... More
Team Schriever celebrates Earth Day
As the nation celebrates the 47th annual Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, the Air Force is re-emphasizing its long-standing commitment to environmental stewardship and encouraging its military and civilian workfo... More
Col. Eric Froehlich, 377th Air Base Wing commander,
Col. Eric Froehlich, 377th Air Base Wing commander, addresses members of the public during a Town Hall in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mar. 9, 2017. Col. Froehlich explained to the public why he chose not to form a... More
Don Teig, entomologist and subject matter expert at
Don Teig, entomologist and subject matter expert at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, points to coyote tracks in the snow at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Wildlife at the base are potential hazards t... More
Attendees at a recent workshop, cosponsored by AFCEC
Attendees at a recent workshop, cosponsored by AFCEC and IBM, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, learn about AFCEC Operations Directorate’s outreach videos, supplemental training documents and communication ou... More
Col. Tim Dodge, director of the AFCEC Operations
Col. Tim Dodge, director of the AFCEC Operations Directorate, addressed workshop attendees emphasizing the operations directorate advocacy role for operations flights. He said AFCEC is learning like the bases a... More
Retired Chief Master Sgt. Robert Gaylor poses for a
Retired Chief Master Sgt. Robert Gaylor poses for a photo with Master Sgt. Anthony Foremski, a budget analyst with the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, during his visit at Joint Base San Anton... More
Smith receives 2016 awards for AFIMSC and AFMC CGOY
From left, Capt. Tanner Smith, AFCEC's Operations Maintenance Division branch chief, and Bryan Muller, operations management SME, analyze maintenance data on a mobile data device. The operations directorate is... More
Smith receives 2016 awards for AFIMSC and AFMC CGOY
Capt. Tanner Smith, AFCEC's Operations Maintenance Division branch chief recently took a familiarization tour of some of the airfield damage repair equipment at the Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Silver Flag ... More
Members of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently
Members of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently tested expeditionary CONEX, or container express, dorms for progressive collapse at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. (Courtesy photo).
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Installations
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Installations Directorate hosted the 2017 Housing Privatization Lessons Learned Workshop on May 2 at the Rivercenter Marriott in San Antonio. Among the speakers were Maj. G... More
New mask inspection and repair program
Justin Rayner conducts a visual inspection of an M50 mask after it comes out of the drying room. Rayner is a member of a small team of 13 that breaks down, inspects, repairs, cleans, sanitizes and tests about 8... More
Members of the force development division of the Air
Members of the force development division of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center validated Silver Flag training recently in Ramstein Air Base, Germany at the 435th Construction & Training Squadron site at the b... More
Airmen from the civil engineer electrical team at Ramstein
Airmen from the civil engineer electrical team at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, discuss a component of the Electrical Systems Trainer during a recent visit by the AFCEC force development team. The trainer serves ... More
Col. Timothy Dodge, director of AFCEC's Operations
Col. Timothy Dodge, director of AFCEC's Operations Directorate, and Chief John Wilde, civil engineer chief of enlisted matters, pose for the camera during the recent Education Training and Review Committee meet... More
Air Force Civil Engineer Center security and safety
Air Force Civil Engineer Center security and safety personnel participated during a joint active shooter exercise led by Joint Base San Antonio officials, in coordination with San Antonio Police and Fire Depart... More
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center began a second
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center began a second round of drinking water sampling at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan, Aug. 1, 2017. The Air Force is re-sampling 54 private drinking water wells a... More
In Aug. 2017, the annual Energy Exchange was held in
In Aug. 2017, the annual Energy Exchange was held in Tampa, Florida. More than 2,600 energy industry professionals, gathered for the annual event. Topics included energy resiliency, cybersecurity, policy direct... More
Oshiba speaks at Air Force Day
Edwin Oshiba, deputy director of civil engineers and deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering, and force protection, briefs attendees of Air Force Day at Energy Exchange on Aug. 17, 2017.
Vandenberg Space Launch Complex PeaceKeeper BedDown
Vandenberg Space Launch Complex PeaceKeeper BedDown (U.S. Air Force graphic by Gregory Hand)
Civil engineers implement cybersecurity for the Air Force infrastructu...
Today’s civil engineers are leading the way with cybersecurity implementation for the Air Force.
AFCEC uses off the shelf technology to deliver faster, better and chea...
At left, Dr. Craig Rutland, Air Force Civil Engineer Center pavement engineer, and Andrew Ward, a U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center research physicist, examine a host of smartphones to ensure t... More
Chief Master Sgt. Larry Blume, civil engineer major
Chief Master Sgt. Larry Blume, civil engineer major command functional manager at AFMC, discusses the impact potential changes to engineer training can have on Airmen. Blume was part of a team comprised of memb... More
AFCEC promotion ceremony
Col. Timothy C. Dodge, left, Air Force Civil Engineer Center director of operations, congratulates Capt. Christopher K. Brown on his promotion to major Sept. 29, 2017 on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. ... More
Air Force working toward innovative groundwater cleanup solution
Professors Selma Mededovic Thagard and Thomas Holsen, the Clarkson University team responsible developing the enhanced contact electrical discharge plasma reactor - a new method for degrading poly- and perfluor... More
Air Force Illustration - Campus configuration microgrids
This is a basic representation of campus microgrids on an Air Force installation. Each campus has separate energy resources which are controlled by a master controller to island them and direct power within or ... More
Maj. Gen. Timothy S. Green, U.S. Air Force director
Maj. Gen. Timothy S. Green, U.S. Air Force director of civil engineers, addresses civilian AFCEC team members during a civilian all-call on Oct. 26, 2017, on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S. Air F... More
Lt. Gen John F. Thompson presents Air Force Civil Engineer
Lt. Gen John F. Thompson presents Air Force Civil Engineer Center Director Randy E. Brown the Outstanding Civilain Career Service Award during Brown's retirement ceremony on Oct. 27, 2017, at the Alamo in San A... More
AFCEC director retires - A group of men in military uniforms holding a...
Air Force Civil Engineer Center Director Randy E. Brown assists the AFCEC Honor Guard with the furling of the Senior Executive Service flag during Brown's retirement ceremony Oct. 27, 2017, at the Alamo in San ... More
Republic of Korea Air Force Sgt. Kihyun Shim, communications
Republic of Korea Air Force Sgt. Kihyun Shim, communications specialist, observes a Rapid Airfield Damage Repair exercise on the airfield at Gwangju Air Base, R.O.K., Nov. 6, 2017. Approximately forty U.S. Airm... More
2018 Engineers Week, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
Maj. Josh Aldred, Air Force Civil Engneer Center Energy Directorate deputy director, shares his inspiration for becoming a civil engineer as part of 2018 Engineers Week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Veronica Kemeny)
A U.S. Airman assigned to the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron
A U.S. Airman assigned to the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron constructs a fence for a new MQ-9 site at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Dec. 12, 2018. Airmen began construction following results from an environmental a... More
2018 Engineers Week, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
Nancy Coleal, chief of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center's utility rate management team discusses Air Force rate issues with Christina Mudd (right), a principal with Exeter Associates Inc. and Jene Doornik-... More
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center hosted the Air
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center hosted the Air Installations Compatible Use Zones Program conference at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 27, 2018. The event brought AICUZ personnel from all around the DO... More
AFCEC Energy Savings Performance Contract Program Manager
AFCEC Energy Savings Performance Contract Program Manager Mike Ringenberg, center, fields questions from stakeholders at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, on what to expect from their upcoming preliminary as... More
Maj. Gen. Brad Spacy, Air Force Installation and Mission
Maj. Gen. Brad Spacy, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center commander, officiates a promotion ceremony for Ed Oshiba, director of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, March 27, 2018, at Joint Base S... More
Maj. Gen. Brad Spacy, Air Force Installation and Mission
Maj. Gen. Brad Spacy, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center commander, and Ed Oshiba, Air Force Civil Engineer Center director, stand at attention during ruffles and flourishes at the beginning of O... More
Air Force Civil Engineer Center representatives board
Air Force Civil Engineer Center representatives board a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter at Otis Air National Guard Base, Mass., April 6, 2018 to conduct an aerial assessment of Joint Base Cape Cod.
Mark Correll, deputy assistant Secretary of the Air
Mark Correll, deputy assistant Secretary of the Air Force for environment, safety, and infrastructure, left, looks on as a representative from SunPower describes how these solar panels, located at Vandenberg Ai... More
On April 10, 2018, representatives from the Air Force
On April 10, 2018, representatives from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, the office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Defense Logistics Agency Energy, and SunPower at... More
Val de la Fuente, a branch chief with the Air Force
Val de la Fuente, a branch chief with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s BRAC Program Management Division, addresses the Air Force Central Regional Environmental Restoration Summit May 10 in Denver. Regulat... More
A group of unboxed photovoltaic (PV) panels wait to
A group of unboxed photovoltaic (PV) panels wait to be taken to a job site in the Dover Family Housing community May 11, 2018, at the Base Theater on Dover Air Force Base, Del. One hundred forty-nine houses in ... More
AFCEC team earns DoD environmental restoration award
Members of the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, environmental restoration team pose for a group photo May 22, 2018. The team, part of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s installation support section on ... More
Major Andy Unsicker, ULFSC Chief, AFCEC, displays Boston Marathon meda...
Major Andy Unsicker proudly displays the medal he received for completing the 122nd Boston Marathon this past April. With temperatures in the thirties, freezing rain, and strong headwinds, these were some of th... More
Making a difference: Man dedicates career, life to environmental resto...
Jose Hurtado, program manager for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s environmental restoration division, stands next to groundwater cleanup equipment located on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. As a p... More
Richard Trevino gives Air Force Environmental Workshop
Richard Trevino gives Air Force Environmental Workshop attendees an overview of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Environmental Management Directorate Operations Division Aug. 7 in San Antonio. AFCEC revived ... More
AFCEC’s Airfield Pavement Evaluation Team wins One Air Force Award
Here Colonel John Tryon AFCEC Operations Director, presents the APE Team the Joe Sciabica Teamwork Award for April to June 2018. It was also announced that the APE Team has received the General Mark Welsch III ... More
366th Civil Engineer Squadron employs new water filtration system
The 366th Civil Engineer Squadron implemented a new water filtration system that effects Well 4 on the base. The system is an ion exchange resin process that filters perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluo... More
A destroyed civil engineering building on Tyndall Air
A destroyed civil engineering building on Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, was among 1,165 environmental assets evaluated by an environmental recovery assistance team Nov. 5 – 9. The team’s assessment of the en... More
Project team for the KC-46A facility at McConnell Air Force base wins ...
Left to right, Ben Davis, representing the Kansas City District as USACE Project Manager; Andy Mashek, Project Manager for Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company; and Tom Hodges of the Air Force Civil Engineerin... More
Project team for the KC-46A facility at McConnell Air Force base wins ...
Left to right, Ben Davis, representing the Kansas City District as USACE Project Manager; Andy Mashek, Project Manager for Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company; and Tom Hodges of the Air Force Civil Engineerin... More
U.S. Air Force civil engineers fly a Small Unmanned
U.S. Air Force civil engineers fly a Small Unmanned Aircraft System during a newly adopted Rapid Airfield Damage Assessment System training course at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 23, 2019. Thro... More
John W. Henderson, left, Assistant Secretary of the
John W. Henderson, left, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Energy, and Mark A. Correll, center, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Environment, Safety and Infr... More
Christiana Hewitt, a BRAC environmental coordinator
Christiana Hewitt, a BRAC environmental coordinator with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Base Realignment and Closure program, accesses GeoBase at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, June 20, 2019. A ... More
Bruce Salter, a senior research scientist at the Air
Bruce Salter, a senior research scientist at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, works on non-toxic, anti-microbial compounds at the Civil Engineer Lab at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
An unmanned aerial system engineer controls a UAS during
An unmanned aerial system engineer controls a UAS during a field test Sept. 4 at Camp Bullis, Texas. The UAS was equipped with Light Detection and Ranging, multi-spectral sensors and machine-learning algorithms... More
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center Lab research team
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center Lab research team perform the dry placement of K-Fill CLSM during a field evaluation. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s laboratory at Tyndall AFB, Florida, registered its... More
Turkish air force members collect data during Paver
Turkish air force members collect data during Paver training Oct. 22, 2019, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Paver is a software tool allowing engineers the opportunity to collect data on the airfield and streamli... More
Senior Master Sgt. Robert D. Krumlinde, left, EOD Force
Senior Master Sgt. Robert D. Krumlinde, left, EOD Force Development manager, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, receives this year’s Staff Level Master Blaster award, at a ceremony held near Tyndall Air Force Bas... More
Florida CRO at AFCEC with Gen. Melancon
Florida CRO at AFCEC with Gen. Melancon
Col. Tyler Schaff, 436th Mission Support Group commander,
Col. Tyler Schaff, 436th Mission Support Group commander, and Rep. Anthony Brown of Maryland chat at the visitor center, Feb. 14, 2020, on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Brown serves as the vice chair of the H... More
165th Airlift Wing loads P-19C onto C-130
U.S. Air Force loadmaster from the 165th Airlift Wing load a P-19C Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting vehicle onto a C-130H3 Hercules at Savannah Air National Guard Base, Savannah, Feb. 25, 2020. This is the fir... More
Tyndall PMO Captains at Mr. Edwards briefing
PMO civil engineer captains listen in during AFCEC director Mr. Edwards' visit to Tyndall.
PMO Knowledge & Data Manager Ana Schneski teleworks
PMO Knowledge & Data Manager Ana Schneski teleworks with her cat.
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, wildland support
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, wildland support module members apply water using an established hose lay along the perimeter of a burn. The prescribed burns at JBER are conducted annually during the s... More
The Environmental Protection Agency is recognized the
The Environmental Protection Agency is recognized the Pease Air Force Base PFAS Groundwater Treatment team for the work they’re doing to treat contaminated water at the former Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshir... More
An Air Force contractor prepares drilling rig equipment
An Air Force contractor prepares drilling rig equipment at the former Reese Air Force Base near Lubbock, Texas, June 28, 2020. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is moving forward with environmental remediatio... More
An unmanned aerial system hovers during a test flight
An unmanned aerial system hovers during a test flight July 9, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. The flight tested the capability for environmental scanning towards studying habitats of the rar... More
Firefighters from the Edwards Air Force Base Fire and
Firefighters from the Edwards Air Force Base Fire and Emergency Services conduct search and rescue training at a recently remodeled hangar at Edwards Air Force Base, California, July 23. Firefighters were taske... More
Two Man Transportable Robotic System - Increment II
Two Man Transportable Robotic System - Increment II robots are pictured during a demonstration at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 15, 2020. The 325th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal fl... More
Federal funding for eagles protects Barksdale resources
Two bald eagles sit on a tree branch at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. Barksdale receives funding from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center for housing and protecting the nesting and feeding grounds of a group of... More
This is a rail joint within the turnout, otherwise
This is a rail joint within the turnout, otherwise known as a railroad switch. A recent training course at Beale Air Force Base, California, provided several practical examples of things to look for during ra... More
Airman 1st Class Fred Jones, 786th Civil Engineer Squadron
Airman 1st Class Fred Jones, 786th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment operator, drives a tractor trailer vehicle during the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Tractor Trailer Training program Aug. 10, 2015, a... More
Housing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, features
Housing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, features rooftop solar panels. The homes are part of the Air Force Housing Privatization program portfolio. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center manages the program.... More
Detachment 5, 2703rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron
Detachment 5, 2703rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron at Clark Air Base. (Courtesy photo)
Col. Charles Kuhls, right, deputy director of the Air
Col. Charles Kuhls, right, deputy director of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, meets with Dennis McQuillan and Kathryn Roberts with the State of New Mexico Environment Department, at the Central Regional En... More
The Center for Character and Leadership Development
The Center for Character and Leadership Development at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, feaures a flexible gathering place called the Forum. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carole Chiles Fuller/Released)
Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the Air Force, honors
Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the Air Force, honors Anthony Duno at The Pentagon for his 70 years of service as the United States Air Forces in Europe's Lead Residual Values Negotiator for the Air Force Civil... More
Brig. Gen. Jiri Verner of the Czech Republic congratulates
Brig. Gen. Jiri Verner of the Czech Republic congratulates Anthony Duno, United States Air Forces in Europe's Lead Residual Values Negotiator for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Ramstein Air Base, Germany,... More
A remotely controlled F6A robot searches for inert
A remotely controlled F6A robot searches for inert explosives at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport during the inaugural Eastern Robotics Rodeo & Capability Exercise in Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 29 - ... More
Capt. Sean Gann, airfield pavement evaluation, or APE,
Capt. Sean Gann, airfield pavement evaluation, or APE, team chief assesses the pavement structure material on the runway at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, during a recent Hurricane Matthew resp... More
Villagers collect water from a local pond. The water,
Villagers collect water from a local pond. The water, used for houshold needs such as drinking and cooking, contains bacteria that causes those who consume it to become ill. (Courtesy photo)
Preston Benedyk, vehicle and snow control manager at
Preston Benedyk, vehicle and snow control manager at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, evaluates snow removal methods being used at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, during a recent consulting visit. During normal ... More
Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski congratulates Greg Gangnuss
Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski congratulates Greg Gangnuss after presenting him with the Air Force Civilian Award for Valor during a commander’s call at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 22, 2017. (Courtesy photo).