The Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2023 will be formally recognized at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference from Sept. 11-13 in National Harbor, Md. Air & Space Forces Magazine is highlighting one each weekday from now until the conference begins. ...
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As the Department of Defense carries out a massive reorganization of its military health system, a government watchdog says the Defense Health Agency needs to reevaluate its staffing and administrative systems, citing concerns that they will result in too few health care providers and too ...
Air Force experts found trace amounts of hazardous chemicals at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., but even though the hazards fell within an acceptable threshold set by the Environmental Protection Agency, Air Force Global Strike Command ordered a complete cleanup, the command announced Aug. ...
After nearly seven years, the Air Force is looking into the possibility of returning dependents and restoring standard two-year deployments to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. In an Aug. 21 release, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa announced a project task force team visited the base ...
The Air Force’s Rated Officer Demonstration Program, announced Aug. 15, will offer pilots assignment preferences in addition to monetary bonuses, a service spokeswoman told Air & Space Forces Magazine on Aug. 18. In addition, pilots will have to sign at least an eight-year contract to receive ...
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. wants leaders to understand how to empower subordinates to make decisions, a skillset he believes will be essential to winning a possible future conflict where units may find themselves isolated from command.
Air Force Reservist Master Sgt. Greg Brook taught tactical first aid in his civilian job with a nonprofit Global Surgical and Medical Support Group working in Ukraine.
MQ-9 drone student operators are now trained to land and take off via satellite, dramatically shrinking the footprint of of personnel and equipment needed for Reaper operations. Previously, Reapers have been flown by operators in faraway ground control stations but launched and recovered by Airmen ...
The Air Force is instituting a new bonus program to entice its pilots to stay in the service by encouraging them to re-up years in advance. The Rated Officer Retention Demonstration program, formally unveiled Aug. 15, will offer bonuses of up to $50,000 per year to ...