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  • Air Force One receives fuel during a stop at RAF Mildenhall, England, Feb. 26, 2019. Air Force One, carrying President Donald J. Trump and a contingency of White House officials and media members, received fuel and logistical support before continuing on the journey to Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, for the president’s second summit North Korean leader Kim-Jong Un. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brandon Esau)

    Air Force One touches down at RAF Mildenhall

    Air Force One, carrying President Donald J. Trump and a contingency of White House officials and media members, arrived at RAF Mildenhall for refueling and logistical support Feb. 26, 2019. Air Force One, along with a C-32, known as “Air Force Two” and an E-4B National Airborne Operations Center landed en route to Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, for the president’s second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.
  • The Department of Justice teamed with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Defense Criminal Investigative Service and the Air Force Audit Agency, resulting in the sentencing of a former Government contracting officer representative Feb. 12, 2019, for conspiracy and bribery. (U. S. Dept. of Justice graphic)

    Former Government contracting officer rep given 60 month prison sentence for conspiracy, bribery

    Jerry T. Vertefeuille, 54, of Niceville, Fla., was sentenced Feb. 12, 2019, to 60 months in prison, while co-defendant Christopher A. Carter, 37, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., was scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 15, 2019. The sentence was announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. On July 11, 2018, Vertefeuille pleaded guilty to conspiracy (to commit theft of honest services and wire fraud), bribery of a public official and obtaining and disclosing procurement information.
  • AFOSI Special Agent Argent Palumbo developed a tutorial to help co-workers understand Livescan Management Software functionality. LSMS integrates biometric identification data into a file that can be submitted to a local, state or federal law enforcement agency’s Automated Fingerprint Identification System or Automated Biometric Identification System. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Innovative tutorial paves way for OSI, LE partners

    Innovation has various definitions and a thread connecting them all is innovation can come from anyone, anywhere, at any time. Enter Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Argent Palumbo, Detachment 631, Kunsan Air Base, Korea, whose creative thinking improved a process integral to military law enforcement.
  • The Office of Special Investigations earned eight awards out of 18 categories (44 percent) during the Department of Defense Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Awards competition plus five more awards during the Intelligence Community National Counterintelligence and Security Professional Awards competition. (AFOSI graphic)

    OSI owns indexing response, way ahead

    Shortly after the Nov. 5, 2017, mass shooting in Sutherland, Texas, that killed 26 people and wounded 22 others, the Air Force Office of Special investigations stood up an internal National Crime Information Center Indexing Task Force to review all investigative case files from 1998-2017.
  • The Air Force Office of Special Investigations 2018 Strategic Plan provides a five-year roadmap used to focus internally and externally, incorporating its capability objectives and goals, to mesh with those of the Secretary of the Air Force, Secretary of Defense and the President of the United States. (AFOSI graphic by Mr. Julian Robinson)

    New Strat Plan 'gets back to LE roots'

    Citing the need to update the direction of the command that reflects the realities and challenges occurring in mission areas, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations rolled out its first Strategic plan in eight years in December 2018.
  • AFOSI Special Agents act defensively and offensively to prevent and respond to fraud. Defensively they train and brief on fraud prevent techniques, while offensively they detect, investigate and neutralize fraud by working with other law enforcement agencies and building cases to deter further harm. (Courtesy graphic)

    Company, CEO to pay $2.75M to resolve government contracting fraud allegations

    David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced Jan. 29, 2019, that E.M. Photonics, Inc. (EMP) and its Chief Executive Officer, Eric Kelmelis, have agreed to pay $2.75 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by seeking disbursements from federal agencies for falsified labor costs and duplicative work in order to maximize charges to contracts awarded by federal agencies.
  • Members of the 633rd Security Forces Squadron, Air Force Office of Special Investigation and Naval Criminal Investigative Services conduct a ruck march in memory of joint patrol team Hustler 6 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Dec. 21, 2018.

    In memory of Hustler 6

    Members of the 633rd Security Forces Squadron, Air Force Office of Special Investigation, Naval Criminal Investigative Services gathered for a ruck march in memory of joint patrol team Hustler 6 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Dec. 21, 2018. Four AFOSI special agents and two SFS defenders were killed when their joint patrol, Hustler 6, was attacked by a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2015.
  • This is the sixth installment in the series, "OSI: On The Case," highlighting the multi-faceted work of Special Agents/professional staff as they pursue the command's mission: Defend the Nation, Serve Justice, Protect the Integrity of the Air Force and Find the Truth. (U.S. Air Force graphic/Albert Tubbs)

    AFOSI's 'unsung heroes' shine in 2018

    It’s no surprise the Air Force Office of Special Investigations is replete with exceptional performers. Its ranks of special agents and professional staff members have exhibited the competence and confidence to handle any situation to a successful conclusion throughout the command’s storied 70-year history. One particular group who work behind the scenes, but play a vital role in enabling and supporting OSI field agents all day, every day, are the AFOSI Investigations Collections Operations Nexus Center Global Watch Controllers here.

  • Quartet, company charged with aircraft parts fraud

    Four individuals and a company were charged in a five-count indictment in connection with their operation of Jet Link, Inc., an aircraft parts broker based in Margate, Florida.
  • The Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Investigations, Collections and Operations Nexus (ICON) and AFOSI Field Investigations Region 7 merged May 3, 2018, creating a more efficient organization to enhance AFOSI mission effectiveness. One year later the AFOSI ICON Center is hitting its stride executing its mission across the global enterprise. (AFOSI graphic by Mr. Albert Tubbs)

    AFOSI ICON Center fully operational

    As the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Investigations, Collections, and Operations Nexus (ICON) and AFOSI Field Investigations Region 7 have matured and evolved the last several years, there were compelling indicators that merging these two units would create a more efficient organization to enhance AFOSI mission effectiveness.
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