Senior Airman Micah-James Carley, 9th Contracting Squadron contracting officer, helps a customer on the phone Oct. 5, 2018, at Beale Air Force Base, California. The Air Force announced a new program known as the Squadron Innovation Fund (SIF), which appropriated $64 million for funding innovative ideas. 9th CONS received and executed $720,000 and seven contracts with the fund.

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