JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. –
The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center activated AFIMSC Detachment 8, during a ceremony at Langley Air Force Base, April 24.
U.S Air Force Maj. Gen. Theresa Carter, AFIMSC commander, presided over the activation ceremony, as Col. Russell Hula, AFIMSC Detachment 8 commander, assumed command of the new detachment.
"We are affecting every MAJCOM and multiple career fields," said Carter during the activation ceremony. "It is a fundamental and foundational change to the way the Air Force is choosing to deliver an essential capability,"
AFIMSC performs major command-level installation and mission support activities, and serves as the single intermediate-level headquarters, providing installation and expeditionary support for 77 major installations, 10 MAJCOMs and two direct reporting units.
The center is the parent organization for several existing field operating agencies to include the Air Force Security Forces Center, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Air Force Installation Contracting Agency and the Services Directorate of the Air Force Personnel Center and other FOAs providing installation capabilities.
"I want to thank the staffs that have been so impacted by this change," said Hula during his closing remarks. "My commitment to [commander Air Combat Command] and the ACC staff is that we will continue to strive and provide that same outstanding agile combat support, focused on ACC missions no matter what patch we're wearing."
Langley is the second in a series of detachment activations within AFIMSC.