Col. Gail Wojtowicz, the Air Force’s division chief for future concepts and transformation, is leading a three-day war game exercise to test the service’s abilities in the year 2025. (DR, 10/03/05) Wojtowicz told Reuters that 100 researchers and other officials are taking part in the desktop exercise, examining Air Force ability to respond to homeland threats, terrorism, and combat proliferation of nuclear arms and fighting two conventional wars simultaneously. The wargamers get an added wrinkle—tackle these scenarios in a gaunt budget environment. Now, that is realism.
Now Enlisted Airmen Can Stay in Uniform Longer
Dec. 8, 2023
The Air Force is extending the amount of time Airmen can spend at most enlisted ranks by two years, as the service looks to combat sluggish recruiting and balance its force structure. The High Year of Tenure (HYT) program sets limits on how long service members can spend in each grade…