A new paper from a career security forces Airman calls for giving base leaders more authority to shape their own security procedures. The result could be more efficient systems that would make Air Force bases safer and give defenders more time with their friends and ...
Personnel
The Senate is set to consider a measure that would break the massive logjam of general and flag officer nominations in the chamber, after the Senate Rules Committee voted Nov. 14 to report favorably on the resolution from Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Majority Leader Sen. ...
When archeologists found a crate of TNT in Eastern Alaska recently, an Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team at Eielson Air Force Base got a chance to practice their skills. And have a blast doing so. The archaeologists discovered the TNT on Sept. 28, ...
Many Airmen have impressive abilities, but contracting officer Staff Sgt. Elijah Braly has the power to spend as much money as necessary to get service members what they need at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.
More than 200 Airmen will receive medals for their roles in Operation Allies Refuge, the effort to move more than 124,000 evacuees out of Afghanistan in the final weeks of the U.S. war there in late summer 2021.
After 50 years, the All-Volunteer Force still works and is the right model, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said Nov. 7. However, to fill the ranks in a hot labor market, the Pentagon needs to expand its eligibilities and make the benefits it offers ...
The Air Force is set to start digitizing its weighted Airman promotion system (WAPS) in February 2024, in time for the technical sergeant promotion cycle. The old paper-and-pencil method has proved a headache for Airmen and administrators.
Gen. David W. Allvin's first message to his Airmen praises each of the past three Air Force Chiefs of Staff for the work they did to modernize and set the priorities for a 21st Century Air Force. Now, he says, it's up to every Airman ...
Although coming to aviation late in life—he learned to fly at age 59—Patrick soon recognized the potential of the air weapon.
