A recent watchdog report found that the Air Force has one of the best officer performance evaluation systems among the services, but it falls short in two key areas.
Airman Leadership Qualities
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Two of the Air Force’s foundational documents received updates May 6, as the service released new versions of its Blue and Brown Books—“The Profession of Arms: Our Core Values” and "The Enlisted Force Structure,” respectively. The release of the new texts, which lay down many ...
A new initiative announced by Air Force leaders this week is aimed at leadership development and unit cohesion—and thus far, it has drawn mixed reactions on social media. Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass took to Facebook on April 12 to ...
The Air Force replaced the Airman Comprehensive Assessment with a new Airman Leadership Qualities feedback form, which Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr has said will change how the service measures, motivates, and rewards service members. The move is the latest by USAF ...
The Air Force’s competition for innovative Airmen with big ideas is coming into its own. In the first few years, hundreds of ideas poured in from “intrapreneurs”—a hybrid term describing entrepreneurs from inside the organization.
The Department of the Air Force’s annual Spark Tank competition takes place March 4, when six teams will take to the stage at the AFA Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Fla. Each team will make pitches to the most senior leaders in the Air and Space ...
Nearly eight years after the Air Force switched to standardized “static” closeout dates for its enlisted Airmen’s performance reports, it is poised to do the same for most of its officer corps. Starting in October 2022 and extending into 2023, officers from O-1 to O-6 ...
Airmen and Guardians will get to familiarize themselves with the Department of the Air Force’s new enlisted and officer evaluation system application starting Jan. 18, as the department continues its overhaul of talent management.
