AFCESA changes name, but not mission

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  • By Amy Ausley
  • Air Force Civil Engineer Center Public Affairs
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. --  Tyndall's Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency recently merged with its sister units, Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment and the Air Force Real Property Agency, to create one entity called the Air Force Civil Engineer Center.

The former AFCESA will continue to operate at Tyndall, whilst the other two groups will combine and be housed out of Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. For clarity purposes, Tyndall will be called AFCEC East.

Although their name has changes, their mission will remain the same. They will continue to focus on the three core competencies of readiness, energy and operations.

The new unit is part of an Air Force-wide Civil Engineer transformation program that began in 2007. The program streamlines and centralizes myriad operations to gain efficiencies for the CE community in light of a constrained budget environment.

The 1,600- person AFCEC will execute the CE mission worldwide, which comprises an Air Force physical plant of 166 installations, 10 million acres of land, 634 million square feet of facilities, 154 million square yards of pavement and 75,800 homes.

Specifically, the new unit's directorates will conduct the Air Force's CE operations, construction, energy, environmental, housing, planning and integration, readiness and emergency management, and real property programs.