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‘Adverse Actions’ to Be Erased for Some Troops Who Sought Exemptions to COVID Vaccines

Feb. 27, 2023 | By Chris Gordon
Currently serving Airmen and Guardians who sought exemptions from the Pentagon's COVID-19 vaccine mandate will see those actions reversed and records erased, a new memo from Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall states. “The DAF will remove adverse information from records of those currently ...

Nearly All Airmen Discharged Over COVID-19 Vaccine Get General Discharges

April 29, 2022 | By Greg Hadley
The Air Force has now separated 287 Airmen for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and nearly all of them have received general discharges. The Space Force, meanwhile, has yet to discharge a single Guardian for vaccine refusal, USSF Chief Human Capital Officer Patricia Mulcahy ...

Air Force Grants More Religious Accommodations to Vaccine; Wright-Patt Officers File Lawsuit

Feb. 23, 2022 | By Greg Hadley
The Department of the Air Force has approved four more requests for religious accommodations from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, even as the service continues to face legal challenges to the rule. The latest data released Feb. 22 indicated that 13 total religious exemptions had been ...

Air Force Grants First Religious Accommodations to COVID-19 Vaccine

Feb. 8, 2022 | By Greg Hadley
The Department of the Air Force has approved nine religious accommodation requests to its COVID-19 vaccine requirement, it announced Feb. 8, the first such accommodations approved by the department since the requirement went into effect several months ago.

From COVID-19 to a New Deployment Model, What Air and Space Force Personnel Have to Watch in 2022

Dec. 27, 2021 | By Greg Hadley
A new year is poised to bring some key changes for Air Force and Space Force personnel, as the services look to continue to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, transition to a new force generation model, roll out changes to their physical fitness programs, promote diversity, ...

2,000 Airmen, Guardians are Denied COVID-19 Vaccine Religious Exemptions

Dec. 22, 2021 | By Greg Hadley
Air Force and Space Force commands have turned down more than 2,000 requests for religious accommodations to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate while approving none, the Department of the Air Force announced Dec. 22.

Air Force Releases Policy for Dealing with Unvaccinated Airmen, Guardians

Dec. 9, 2021 | By Greg Hadley
Airmen and Guardians who are denied a medical, religious, or administrative exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine requirement will have five days to start the vaccination process, file an appeal, or request to separate or retire, according to a new Department of the Air Force memo ...

15,000 Reserve, Guard Airmen Remain Unvaccinated Two Weeks from Deadline

Nov. 17, 2021 | By Greg Hadley
Airmen from the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard must be fully vaccinated by Dec. 2, the first deadline for any Reserve or Guard component in the military. While that deadline approaches, however, the Pentagon and the Oklahoma National Guard are engaged in a ...
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