Starting next week, the Air Force will begin to reinstate bonus programs and process some permanent-change-of-station moves that had been paused due to a lack of personnel funds. The Selective Retention Bonus, Aviation Bonus, Assignment Incentive Pay, and Foreign Language Proficiency Pay programs will all be ...
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Aeromedical evacuation Airmen practiced operating with degraded or denied communications as part of Mobility Guardian 23, a joint, multinational training exercise involving 70 aircraft and 3,000 personnel currently ongoing across the Indo-Pacific.
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted to forward the nomination of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.’s to become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sending it to the Senate for action. Just how long that might take is unclear. ...
U.S. and allied air forces are wrapping up one of their largest mobility exercises in history: Mobility Guardian 23. The drill is designed to take on the challenges of operating in the vast Pacific region, now the primary focus of America’s military strategy. “The joint ...
Congress has approved the Pentagon’s request to reprogram personnel funds, Air & Space Forces Magazine confirmed July 19—but it remains to be seen whether that will be enough for the Air Force to reverse its decision to stop awarding new bonuses and delay some permanent ...
The 414th Combat Training Squadron hosted a training session at the San Xavier Underground Mining Laboratory in Arizona to prepare Air Force PJs for the challenges of rescuing patients in dark, cramped, and dangerous confined spaces.
Aerial refueling is a family business for Master Sgt. Kevin Clancy and his daughter, 1st Lt. Megan Hirlehey, who flew her first operational flight on July 6 aboard a KC-135 on which Clancy served as dedicated crew chief for six years.
An A-10 “Warthog” landed in South America for the first time ever recently, as Air Forces Southern leads one of the largest exercises under U.S. Southern Command. Resolute Sentinel 23, the third edition of the training exercise in SOUTHCOM, involves roughly 1,000 personnel from the Air ...
The new Sentinel and a flurry of new construction projects coming to F.E. Warren Air Force Base will ensure security forces Airmen have the training required to keep pace with future changes in threats and technology.