Air Force Materiel Command boss Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger was surprised with a nomination to be inducted into the command’s Order of the Sword during a recent senior leader conference. “You lead with passion. You care about every one of your airmen. You have made their quality of life, their training and development, and their resources in a tough environment a priority,” said CMSgt. Michael Warner, command chief and senior enlisted officer at AFMC, before a crowd of hundreds at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. “This has got to be the highest honor I could ever have bestowed on me, of anything that I could think of in my entire three-plus decades in the United States Air Force. It doesn’t get any better than this,” said Wolfenbarger, who is the first female from AFMC to be nominated. She will be formally inducted on Feb. 5, 2015, according to a command release.
Pentagon Releases Cost of Living, BAH Rates for 2026
Dec. 30, 2025
The Pentagon will pay cost of living allowances to 127,000 service members in the continental U.S. in 2026, an increase of 66,000 members in 2025. Airmen and Guardians across the U.S. will also receive an average increase of 4.2 percent for their Basic Housing Allowance, compared to the 5.4 percent…
