Active-duty Airmen interested in becoming rated officers can apply to train with the Civil Air Patrol and start their paths to becoming pilots. The Air Force has opened the application window for the Fall 2021 Rated Preparatory Program, the fourth iteration of the approach started ...
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The U.S. Space Force will get a new two-star general, and several USSF and USAF colonels have been nominated to receive their first star, in a slate of nominations announced April 15. Air Force Brig. Gen. David N. Miller Jr. has been nominated to the ...
Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond and Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force Roger Towberman announced the 2019 USSF Outstanding Airmen, Guardians, and Civilians of the year in a video posted to social media on April 13. “The 12 of you ...
Five hundred more U.S. personnel will be based in Germany starting later this year, in a reversal from previous Pentagon plans to draw troops out of the country under the Trump administration. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III announced the increase during a visit to ...
Two Airmen were “messing” around on a single all-terrain vehicle in the cargo yard at Ali Al Salem Air Base last September when the driver lost control and the ATV rolled over, pinning the passenger to the ground and killing him instantly. Staff Sgt. Ronald ...
The Department of the Air Force has begun work on its second review on disparities in its ranks, sending surveys to Airmen and starting interviews focused on barriers to service that some face based on gender and ethnicity. This second Inspector General Independent Disparity Review ...
The Air Force’s main base for training future Airmen has named a key building after USAF’s longest-serving vice chief of staff. Air Education and Training Command on April 9 named building 905 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, “Wilson Hall” after former Vice Chief of ...
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on April 9 announced interim steps to counter extremism in the ranks following Defense Department-wide standdowns to discuss the issue, including updating DOD guidance on what defines extremist behavior and updating questionnaires that prospective service members take. In the ...
The Pentagon expects all Defense Department personnel to be able to make an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine by April 19, and that all overseas personnel and beneficiaries can get a shot by the next month as deliveries ramp up. Within the Air Force, the ...