Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne told airmen at Incirlik AB, Turkey on a visit there last week that the idea behind the Air Force’s upcoming personnel cuts is not to work the remaining personnel harder but smarter. Talking specifically about the 200-slot cut at Incirlik, Wynne said: “It is not that you used to work a 40-hour week and now you work a 55-hour week. … We want to cut the 200 slots and now you’re working a 39-hour week with one hour to plan for the future.”
The Department of the Air Force has identified 50 programs that will make up the core of its contribution to the Pentagon’s joint all-domain command and control effort, branding them part of the “DAF Battle Network,” according to newly-released budget documents. The DAF Battle Network programs span multiple offices and agencies…