A year after the Air Force fell 10 percent short of its 2023 recruiting goals, the service will hit its 2024 goal and shoot for a 16 percent larger pool in 2025.
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The death of Tech. Sgt. Jacob Venegas at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, August 28, was the third there in 33 days and the fourth since March at the remote base, which is home to the 8th Fighter Wing.
Thousands of Airmen are ensnared in a bureaucratic backlog that's forcing staff to handle their reenlistments manually, in some cases delaying paychecks.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III unveiled a series of new actions intended to improve living standards for U.S. troops and their families during a Sept. 13 visit to Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. The initiatives include enabling military families to set aside income-tax-free funds ...
A bipartisan trio of senators urged the likely next National Guard boss on Sept. 12 to hold off on proposed staff cuts to Air National Guard bases in their states, arguing their missions should shield them from top-down attempts to downsize.
The U.S. Air Force Academy is investigating the death of a freshman cadet who was found unconscious in her Colorado Springs dormitory last week, the school said Sept. 5.
On Sept. 10, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. held a ground-breaking ceremony for the Air Force’s first ever privatized apartment complex, which is meant to help close a growing housing gap at the remote base.
The Air Force stood up its first of six Air Task Forces—the 12th Air Task Force—at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., last week, starting the next wave of change for its deployment model.
In recent months, the Air Force has started to implement sweeping changes in how the service does deployments—from the cycle Airmen go through to the groups they ship out with. Yet the changes remain a work in progress, and service members should expect slightly different models ...