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  • Since November 2018, Staff Sgt. Ami Malone, has served in a unique position while with the 434th Security Forces Squadron, Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. She operates as a dual role member to the Office of Special Investigations, 1st Field Investigations Region, 10th Field Investigations Squadron, Operating Location Delta, at Grissom. Here, she is pictured through the glass of the interview room at Grissom. (Courtesy photo)

    Dual-hatted investigator pursuing life-long interest

    Since November 2018, Staff Sgt. Ami Malone, has served in a unique position while with the 434th Security Forces Squadron, Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. She operates as a dual role member to the Office of Special Investigations, 1st Field Investigations Region, 10th Field Investigations Squadron, Operating Location Delta, at Grissom.
  • OSI Special Agent A.E. Pleasant began his law enforcement career in 1988 and has served in various Federal, military, state and local agencies. He’s credited with a wide-range of investigative accomplishments as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer, including more than $51 million in monetary achievement, 135 closed cases, 75 arrests and 45 indictments. (Courtesy photo)

    SA carries on family tradition of selfless service

    Using documents, photos and DNA to trace one’s genealogy is commonplace. But, to trace one’s heritage using major armed conflicts as the measuring stick is a different story. The latter is how Office of Special Investigations Special Agent A. E. Pleasant, deployed to Detachment 518, Spangdahlem, Air Base, Germany, chronicles his family’s legacy of service.
  • Special Agent Desiree Borg Burmeister's OSI Journey, as an immigrant from Nykobing Falster, Denmark, is punctuated by being named a three-time recipient of the Air Force Exemplary Civilian Service Award Medal in 2013, 2015 and 2019, being named the OSI Command Junior Civilian of the Year in 2013 and the OSI Command Civilian Special Agent of the Year in 2017. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

    OSI – An Immigrant’s ‘American Dream’

    We’ve all heard the question, “Where were you and what were you doing on 9/11?” While the myriad of answers have become forever etched in our respective memories, it’s ironic there was, in fact, good news that happened that fateful day. Simply ask OSI Special Agent Desiree Borg Burmeister.
  • The Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) is a North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) unit based in Rome, N.Y., that covers Air Defense for Eastern North America, including the National Capital Region. It's manned mostly by national guard personnel that are only on active duty when their feet are physically on the “floor” of the watch center. One of PF Det. 6's two geographically separated units is located in Rome, N.Y. (Courtesy photo)

    OSI PF Det. 6 Observes Fraud Awareness Week

    The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Fraud Awareness Week enables OSI to bring awareness and education to its Procurement Fraud mission and how OSI’s PF professionals help protect the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. The OSI Office of Procurement Fraud (PF) Detachment (Det.) 6, located on Joint Base Andrews, Md., is responsible for conducting investigations into allegations of significant procurement fraud involving Department of the Air Force (DAF) personnel and assets.
  • The Defense Contract Management Agency Aircraft Integrated Maintenance Office, St. Augustine Fla., provides contract management for Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) of the nation’s aircraft fleet. It manages 4,500 contracts, valued at more than $65B, impacting 98 percent of the U.S. aircraft inventory. OSI PF Det. 5's Area of Responsibility includes United States Space Force and NASA Space Vehicle launches. (Courtesy photo)

    OSI PF Det. 5 Observes Fraud Awareness Week

    The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Fraud Awareness Week enables OSI to bring awareness and education to its Procurement Fraud mission and how OSI’s PF professionals help protect the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. OSI Office of Procurement Fraud (PF) Detachment (Det.) 5, located on Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., is responsible for conducting investigations into allegations of significant procurement fraud involving Department of the Air Force (DAF) personnel and assets.
  • The United States Air Force is still purchasing new F-15 fighter aircraft. In July 2020, the Air Force awarded Boeing a contract to deliver the advanced version of the fighter, the F-15EX. The Air Force projects it will buy at least 144 F-15EX’s. Pictured is an F-15 preparing to taxi. (Courtesy photo)

    OSI PF Det. 4 Observes Fraud Awareness Week

    The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Fraud Awareness Week enables OSI to bring awareness and education to its Procurement Fraud mission and how OSI’s PF professionals help protect the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. OSI Office of Procurement Fraud (PF) Detachment (Det.) 4, located on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is responsible for conducting investigations designed to protect Department of the Air Force acquisition systems, resources and warfighting capabilities.
  • OSI PF Detachment 3 Area of Responsibility contains an engineering breakthrough. The Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., developed THOR, the Tactical High Power Operational Responder. THOR is a first of its kind electromagnetic weapon system capable of disabling enemy drones. (Courtesy graphic)

    OSI PF Det. 3 Observes Fraud Awareness Week

    The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Fraud Awareness Week enables OSI to bring awareness and education to its Procurement Fraud mission and how OSI’s PF professionals help protect the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. OSI Office of Procurement Fraud (PF) Detachment (Det.) 3, located in San Antonio, Texas, is responsible for conducting investigations into allegations of significant procurement fraud involving Department of the Air Force personnel and assets.
  • The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex maintains every propulsion system in the Air Force inventory, while the Ogden Air Logistics Complex maintains every landing gear system in the Air Force inventory. The entire Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missile fleet is housed within the OSI PF Det. 2 Area of Responsibility. (Courtesy photo)

    OSI PF Det. 2 Observes Fraud Awareness Week

    The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Fraud Awareness Week enables OSI to bring awareness and education to its Procurement Fraud mission and how OSI’s PF professionals help protect the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. The OSI Office of Procurement Fraud (PF) Detachment (Det.) 2, located on Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is responsible for conducting investigations into allegations of significant procurement fraud involving Department of the Air Force personnel and assets.
  • The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is the newest branch of the Armed Forces, established on Dec. 20, 2019, with the enactment of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act and will be stood-up over the next 18 months. OSI is the federal law enforcement and counterintelligence agency for the USSF and the U.S. Air Force. (Courtesy photo)

    OSI PF Det. 1 Observes Fraud Awareness Week

    The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Fraud Awareness Week enables OSI to bring awareness and education to its Procurement Fraud mission and how OSI’s PF professionals help protect the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. OSI Office of Procurement Fraud (PF) Detachment (Det.) 1, located on Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is responsible for conducting investigations into allegations of significant procurement fraud involving Department of the Air Force personnel and assets.
  • University of Tennessee professor, Dr. James Reece Roth, was found guilty of transferring controlled defense technology to foreign recipients. (Knoxville News Sentinel photo)

    University professor is Arms Control Act violator

    In May 2006, the FBI and OSI Office of Special Projects (PJ) initiated a joint investigation into Dr. James Reece Roth, an electrical engineering professor at the University of Tennessee (UT), and an employee of a Knoxville-based company known as Atmospheric Glow Technologies (AGT), Inc. Roth also served as the Director of the UT Plasma Sciences Laboratory.
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