Personnel

The Air Force Academy hopes to tempt—and test—potential future Space Force Guardians with a summer program called "Azimuth" much in the way the Marine Corps' “Leatherneck” program evaluates Naval Academy midshipmen who may become Marines. Yet "Azimuth" would go beyond just evaluating prospective Guardians by ...
The Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2021 will be formally recognized at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference from Sept. 20 to 22 in National Harbor, Md. Air Force Magazine is highlighting one each workday from now until the conference begins. ...
The Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2021 will be formally recognized at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference from Sept. 20 to 22 in National Harbor, Md. Air Force Magazine is highlighting one each workday from now until the conference begins. ...
Gen. Anthony J. Cotton received his fourth star and took charge of Air Force Global Strike Command on Aug. 27, pledging to shepherd the two Air Force legs of the nuclear triad through a “major transition,” a reference both to much-needed modernization and increasing strategic ...

Faces of the Force

Aug. 27, 2021
Know of someone we should recognize? Send nominees to afmag@afa.org

Choose Your PT Test

Aug. 27, 2021 | By Amy Hudson
Airmen gained options as the Air Force dropped its one-size-fits-all approach to measuring fitness. Service leaders used the pandemic break to dig into the science of measuring fitness, rolling out a series of changes before testing resumed July 1. More changes are coming soon.