Our mission is to deliver acquisition solutions that are:
Agile: Our mission partners are actively engaged in operations around the world; therefore, AMIC’s response greatly effects the warfighter’s support in real time.
Cost-effective: Our mission partners are fighting wars on multiple fronts and in multiple domains; therefore, AMIC’s ability to utilize efficiencies greatly reduces costs, allowing mission partners to be more effective with their resources.
Mission-Focused: Our mission partners are focused on winning our nation’s wars; therefore, AMIC provides a unique and critical capability that allows everyone to stay focused on doing what they do best.
Values Statements
Respect: People are our most precious resource and we are committed to treating each other accordingly with forthright dignity -- It’s what professionals do.
Diversity: We are committed to creating an inclusive workforce. Our strength lies in the demographic, social, and cultural differences of our people and we embrace it -- Diversity brings us together, empowers us to connect, and enables us to deliver innovation and creativity.
Collaboration: The inner workings of our Multi-Functional Teams have built AMIC’s foundation and are paving the road to its bright future --Together, we recognize “Integration” is the ‘I’ in the AMIC Team.
Innovation: We are creative thinkers and informed risk-takers, focused on delivering the ever-evolving mission sets needed by our warfighters of today and tomorrow -- We Boldly adapt the new, and are transforming the now to empower the mission.
History
The history of the Acquisition Management and Integration Center (AMIC) can be traced back to the early 1950s. The Distance Early Warning Line, or DEW Line, was a system of radar stations in the northern Arctic region of Canada and Alaska. The DEW Line stations existed during the Cold War to detect Soviet aircraft early enough for the U.S. to prepare a defense. In 1979, the DEW Line Office transitioned to the 4700th Air Defense Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado and reported to the newly established Tactical Air Command (TAC).
As TAC acquired the DEW Line and other large programs, such as Counterdrug and Surveillance and the Tethered Aerostat Radar System, the need arose to establish a stand-alone Headquarters contracting unit designed to support these newly assigned programs. In February 1979, the contracting branch (TAC/LGC) at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia that provided the contracting function to HQ directorates was activated as the 4400th Contracting Squadron (4400 CONs) responsible for executing contract functions for TAC Headquarters.
In 1985, the U.S. and Canada agreed to transition the DEW Line into the North Warning System, maintained by the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. The 4700th Air Defense Squadron transitioned to the 4700 Operational Support Squadron (OSS) at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, in support of the TAC in 1987.
In 1992, Air Combat Command (ACC) was created to assume responsibilities previously performed by the Tactical, Strategic and Military Airlift Commands. In 1994, the 4700 OSS was designated the ACC Contract Programs Squadron and assigned to ACC Logistics Support Group. Also in 1994, the 4400 CONs was designated the ACC Contracting Squadron assigned to the Directorate of Logistics (A4). In 1998, 4700 OSS changed to the Program Management Squadron, also reporting to ACC/A4.
In 2001, funding for Department of Defense programs began to shift with the newly established Department of Homeland Security. With a new emphasis on counterterrorism and immigration, U.S. Air Force personnel were allocated to this expanding mission, and the Air Force turned to industry for support previously performed by Airmen. With this increased need for resources, the Program Management Squadron and ACC Contracting Squadron became the primary units for ACC to effectively acquire and manage these services. In 2007, the Program Management Squadron and ACC Contracting Squadron merged to create the AMIC. Initially a Direct Reporting Unit (DRU) to the ACC/A7 directorate, AMIC became a DRU to the Deputy Commander of Air Combat Command.
Presently, AMIC has roughly 468 personnel serving in various functional areas, including Program Management, Contracting, Quality Assurance, Resource Management, and Legal. Subject Matter Experts also provide functional expertise in areas such as Civil Engineering, Logistics, and Communications. AMIC personnel manages over 200 contracts consisting of more than 5,000 contractors in 61 locations world-wide, with a total portfolio value of $20 billion dollars.