David Flosi was officially installed as the 20th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force on March 8, capping a long career that Flosi would have never expected 28 years ago.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. wants leaders to understand how to empower subordinates to make decisions, a skillset he believes will be essential to winning a possible future conflict where units may find themselves isolated from command.
The Department of the Air Force hopes to improve both diversity and retention within its 170,000-member civilian workforce by introducing a pair of career roadmaps—one of them tailored to developing “functional leaders” for the first time. Civilians should look over the two roadmaps—the other a ...
Fourteenth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Gerald R. Murray hosts Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass and Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force Roger A. Towberman in a discussion of "Leadership and Our Enlisted Force Preparing for War" at ...
Undersecretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones wants to be a leader who ensures that Airmen can serve to their full potential—and that means working to bridge the divide between commanders’ perceptions of personnel issues, what lower-ranking Airmen say is happening, and their trust ...
Chief Master Sgt. Nathaniel M. Perry Jr., Chief Master Sgt. Mary Polanco, Chief Master Sgt. Brian P. Kruzelnick, and Chief Master Sgt. Tony Whitehead joined a discussion on "Leading During a Pandemic: What Our Airmen Need to Excel" during the Air Force Association's virtual Air, ...
As Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. took over as the service’s top uniformed leader, he directed his inner circle to address urgent issues with, at times, imperfect information and to provide direct, unvarnished advice to move the service forward. The guidance to the Air Staff, ...
Wing commanders are in for the challenge of their careers with the coronavirus outbreak, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein wrote in a March 13 letter to Total Force leaders. “Commanding your wings when things are going well is a pleasure … but ...
Eric Chewning, the chief of staff to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, will step down this month, the latest in a series of high-profile officials to leave the Pentagon. Jen Stewart, currently the minority staff director for the House Armed Services Committee, will take over the ...