More than 200 Airmen will receive medals for their roles in Operation Allies Refuge, the effort to move more than 124,000 evacuees out of Afghanistan in the final weeks of the U.S. war there in late summer 2021.
Personnel
After 50 years, the All-Volunteer Force still works and is the right model, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said Nov. 7. However, to fill the ranks in a hot labor market, the Pentagon needs to expand its eligibilities and make the benefits it offers ...
The Air Force is set to start digitizing its weighted Airman promotion system (WAPS) in February 2024, in time for the technical sergeant promotion cycle. The old paper-and-pencil method has proved a headache for Airmen and administrators.
Gen. David W. Allvin's first message to his Airmen praises each of the past three Air Force Chiefs of Staff for the work they did to modernize and set the priorities for a 21st Century Air Force. Now, he says, it's up to every Airman ...
Although coming to aviation late in life—he learned to fly at age 59—Patrick soon recognized the potential of the air weapon.
Sharene Brown, long a vocal supporter of military families through her Five & Thrive initiative, said there is no magic to getting through the twists and turns in military life.
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