The Air Force has renamed the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence, headquartered at Brooks City-Base, Tex., to the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment—the acronym, therefore, is still AFCEE. A base release says the new name “more accurately reflects the organization’s increased scope of responsibilities.” AFCEE now oversees the service’s military construction, military family housing, and environmental restoration, part of a centralization move by the Air Force.
As Air Force leaders consider concepts of operations for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, sustainment in the field—and easing that support by using standard parts and limiting variants—should be a key consideration, according to a new study from AFA's Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Studies.