[1] AFCESA was a Field Operating Agency (FOA) of the United States Air Force.

The agency managed contracts that provided civil engineer support to help restore and modernize buildings and infrastructure at Air Force bases around the world.

AFCESA began as the Civil Engineer Construction Operations Group at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio in 1966.

Two years later, the new Civil Engineering Center incorporated the construction operations group's readiness and mobility functions.

The separate operating agency had headquarters at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas.