Personnel

WORLD: DAF

Sept. 12, 2025 | By Tobias Naegele
Allvin’s Retirement Casts Shadow on ‘Re-Optimization’ With his Aug. 18 announcement that he would retire this fall, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin ended months of speculation about his future and marked his tenure as among the shortest...
Receiving disability compensation has become a complicated process.  Capt. Cody Kirlin was deployed to Guam in 2019 when he woke one morning with severe neck pain. Examinations revealed the Louisiana Air National Guard F-15 pilot had two herniated discs in...
A trio of Air Force general officers have been nominated for a third star and new jobs, the Pentagon announced Sept. 8. Two of the three—Maj. Gen. Kenyon K. Bell and Maj. Gen. Brandon D. Parker—are slated to join the Air Staff. Maj. Gen. Robert D. ...
The Space Force plans to rename Space Operations Command, one of its three field commands, to Combat Forces Command to emphasize its role in providing combat forces to different combatant commands. The change is not final but is expected to occur after the confirmation of ...
Air Force Reservists who work in space-related career fields or who have space-related experience can now apply to join the Space Force in part-time positions, marking the latest step of a new experiment in how the military attracts and retains top talent.