As the Air Force pushes forward with the concept of multi-capable Airmen, where troops perform roles outside their usual specialty, director of the Air National Guard Lt. Gen. Michael Loh says his command is particularly well-suited to respond, since most members of the Air National ...
Personnel
The Air Force has selected more than 1,600 master sergeants for promotion to senior master sergeant—the biggest crop of new E-8s the service has had in more than a decade. All told, 1,629 master sergeants were selected out of 16,031 eligible candidates, for a 10.18 percent ...
SEAC Ramón Colón-López said the push to allow beards in the Air Force was a fashion statement that could undermine discipline in the ranks.
The Air Force Recruiting Service faces a 10 percent shortfall this year amid low unemployment and a declining interest in military service among young Americans.
No one wants to stand up in front of the entire Department of Air Force leadership team and own up to being personally responsible for cutting vital communications lines in a war zone, but Tech. Sgt. Raymond Zgoda turned that error into a winning point ...
Looking to build stability and improve readiness, Air Force leaders said at the AFA Warfare Symposium they are planning a move in 2024 to what they call a more cohesive approach to deployments for Airmen. That deadline to implement the service's new force generation model—Air ...
Chief of the Air Force Reserve Lt. Gen. John Healy wants to ease the Reserve’s recruiting problem by eliminating bureaucratic hurdles in the transfer process.
In the face of polls showing fewer and fewer young Americans interested in serving in the military and headlines highlighting issues within the services, senior Air Force and Space Force leaders gave impassioned pleas for Airmen and Guardians to challenge existing narratives about military service ...
Lt. Col. Elizabeth Blakeman, co-lead of Air Combat Command's Sword Athena program; Kristen Christy, resilience trainer with Fortify the Force; and Maj. Bridget Pantaleon, Family Life Action Group discussed the quality of life issues facing Airmen and Guardians and their families during a panel discussion ...
