There will be 70 Air National Guard airmen working at the Air Reserve Personnel Center in Denver later this year, provided the Air Guard fills the other 68 billets. ANG already has two airmen headed to ARPC and plans to close its search for the other airmen next month. ARPC is taking over personnel services for the Air Guard, significantly increasing the center’s workload, reports Mike Molina at ARPC. The Guardsmen working at the center will be on four-year active duty tours.
Happy Birthday US Air Force: 78 Today
Sept. 18, 2025
Seventy-eight years ago today, on Sept. 18, 1947, Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson swore in Stuart Symington as the first ever Secretary of the Air Force, and the Air Force officially became the first new military service since the Revolutionary War.