Air Force Announces Intratheater Airlift Decisions

Air Force Reserve Command’s 911th Airlift Wing in Pittsburgh will retain a force of eight C-130Hs through Fiscal 2014, announced Air Force officials in a release on Wednesday. This is one of the service’s moves to meet the congressional mandate...

Jones Discusses Tuition Assistance Suspension

By June Lee
The Air Force’s decision this week to suspend military tuition assistance for the remainder of Fiscal 2013 will impact some 115,000 airmen taking 277,000 courses at 1,200 colleges and universities around the United States, Lt. Gen. Darrell Jones, deputy chief...

Force Structure Puts and Takes

By John A. Tirpak
In evaluating what the Air Force needs in 2023, the service is looking at where it already has more than enough capacity, and where it might hand a mission off to another service, said Lt. Gen. Michael Moeller, deputy chief...

Fixing the Active Duty and Air Reserve Components

By John A. Tirpak
The Total Force Task Force, ordered by Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh “about two months ago,” should finish its work in August, said Lt. Gen. Michael Moeller, who oversees strategic planning and programming...

Second SBIRS Satellite Nears Launch

Technicians encapsulated GEO-2, the Air Force’s second Space Based Infrared System geosynchronous orbit satellite, in its payload fairing in preparation for its planned launch next week at Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., announced prime contractor Lockheed Martin. An Atlas V rocket...

Recruiting Numbers Remain Right on Target

The Air Force’s Fiscal 2013 recruiting efforts stayed steady through January, with all three of the service’s components meeting their numerical accession goals, according to the Pentagon’s newest recruiting numbers. The Active Duty component brought in 9,589 accessions for the...

DOD Family Programs under Review

By Merri M. Shaffer
The Pentagon is undertaking a 120-day review of military family programs to determine how to minimize the impact and stress of sequestration and the budget continuing resolution on service members and their families, said Jessica Wright, acting undersecretary of defense...

Duke Completes Lodging Renovation

Officials at Duke Field, Fla., earlier this month held a ceremony marking the completion of the second and final stage of a $10.1 million renovation of the base’s 1950s-era lodging facilities, according to a base release. Duke is home to...