The Air Force selected just 9,000 senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant this year for a 17.4 percent promotion rate—numbers unseen since the years following the Cold War.
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The Air Force has found hazardous chemicals exceeding acceptable levels at two launch control centers at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., and has ordered an immediate cleanup, according to an Air Force memo obtained by Air & Space Forces Magazine.
Airman and Guardians seeking mental health care have access to a new referral system, as the Department of the Air Force announced Aug. 7 that it is implementing the Brandon Act across its installations.
Media influence and the lack of a “generational commitment” to public service are clouding the perceptions of many young Americans, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman Ramon Colon-Lopez said Aug. 1. Nearing the end of a 33-year career spent as a special operator and senior ...
The Air Force is building five new child development centers (CDCs) to address unmet demands across the branch, while new child care employment incentives may be contributing to a 5 percent bump in staffing.
The Senate overwhelmingly passed its version of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act late July 27 in a bipartisan 86-11 vote. But the House version of the bill was passed largely on party lines, and the two chambers must resolve their differences before the annual ...
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the first Black service chief and nominee to become the second-ever Black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, commemorated the 75th anniversary of the desegregation of the U.S. military in an emotional speech July ...
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