The Air Force is in the midst of reshuffling its rated force to eliminate an imbalance that has put too many airmen in fighters and bombers and too few in other rapidly growing arenas of unmanned aerial vehicles, special operations, and command and control. As the service works this force restructure, leaders want to ensure they maintain a “proper balance” of Air Force and mission needs and individual needs, says Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley in a new CSAF’s Scope. To do that, Moseley is enlisting the “critical” help of group and squadron commanders to help “decide which airmen to move and when to move them.”
Airmen and Guardians in the Active and Reserve component, as well as civilian employees, in “mission critical and high-risk populations” are now required to receive influenza vaccinations annually to “preserve force readiness,” according to a recent Department of the Air Force memo.