U.S. Space Command's new senior enlisted leader will be a Guardian, the first ever picked to advise a combatant command. Chief Master Sgt. Jacob C. Simmons will succeed Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott H. Stalker, the Pentagon said in a June 26 announcement. Simmons ...
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Aviation milestones are a family business for Air Force Maj. Bryce Turner, who on June 28 became the first Air Force pilot to take the T-7A Red Hawk on an official test flight, which marked the latest milestone in a three-generation tradition of Turner family ...
Earlier this month, the Air Force’s top enlisted leader released a memo to Airmen urging them to abide by the service’s standards: the customs and courtesies, operating instructions, technical orders, and dress and appearance regulations considered central to the Air Force’s identity. Rigorous adherence, she ...
A year after planning but ultimately reversing cuts to its special duty assignment pay program, the Air Force is forging ahead with an even larger reduction for fiscal 2024 which will affect thousands of Airmen. In a June 23 release, the service announced that after a ...
Out of 36,913 eligible Air Force staff sergeants, just 5,354 (14.5 percent) were selected for promotion to technical sergeant this year, the Air Force announced June 29. The rate is the lowest since 1996.
The Air Force’s study into possible cancer risks associated with work on intercontinental ballistic missiles will be a comprehensive review—and will not favor the service over evidence, medical officials leading the effort insisted. “We need our solutions to be driven by science and data,” Col. ...
Air Force F-16 pilot Capt. Charles Boynton received the callsign ‘Atlas’ after overcoming cancer and a two-year battle with bureaucracy to return to the cockpit.
Thirty-three TACPs and other Special Warfare Airmen performed feats of physical strength and technical wizardry for the chance to be the best in their career field in the 18th Air Support Operations Group.
The Air Force does not have serious long-term concerns about recruiting, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall said on June 22. "We have things that we can do to manage our way through this, so we're not in any kind of crisis," Kendall said ...