For the past four years, the Air Force has paid command responsibility pay to officers in selected command billets but will now stop the practice as one more cost-saving measure. The service has had the authority to pay CRP for some 50 years, but officials only instituted the practice in 2002. Now, they say the service needs those dollars for recapitalization. An official statement says that the service’s “budget priorities have changed dramatically” since 2002. Most commanders will see an end to CRP on Sept. 30, 2007, while others, including those rotating between command assignments will not receive CRP, effective Jan. 1.
Planning an Air Show Is Hard. At Andrews, It’s Even Harder
Sept. 17, 2025
Joint Base Andrews opened its flightline this month to thousands of civilians, exposing a normally restricted airbase that regularly hosts the president and foreign dignitaries to a curious public eager to see current and historic military aircraft up close and in action.
