June L. Kim

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Despite the Air Force’s ongoing “do more with less” mentality, senior leaders are doing their best to “figure out the right balance” between work and family life, said CMSAF James Cody in response to a question during the senior leadership...

Though airmen in less critical specialties have the opportunity to cross-train to areas where the Air Force is feeling more of the squeeze, it is essential that they have some experience in their new area, said CMSAF James Cody at...

The Air Force is committed to reviewing and reducing additional duties where they can, said CMSAF James Cody at ASC16. “A lot of effort is being focused right now” on two areas that impact every airman: ancillary training and computer-based...

The Obama Administration’s proposed Fiscal 2017 defense budget is $17 billion less than previously planned, and the brunt of the cuts will fall on acquisition and training, said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) during a roundtable meeting with reporters Thursday. “It’s...

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Thursday that he will staunchly oppose a cost-plus contract for the Long-Range Strike Bomber, despite the fact that the Air Force has already awarded Northop Grumman the bomber contract, and the Government Accountability Office has...

Concern for the lack of pilots has become critical enough that “for the first time,” the Air Force Reserve has “selected 40 ROTC cadets to go to pilot training,” said Air Force Reserve Chief Lt. Gen. JJ Jackson at ASC15....

The United States needs to do more to battle the extremist ideology of ISIS, said Secretary of Defense Ash Carter during his keynote speech at ASC15. “We are having strategic impact eliminating leadership, [the] ability to mobilize, organize, and so...

The NextGen project, aimed at modernizing airspace infrastructure, is on track for initial operational capability, said Edward Bolton, the assistant administrator for NextGen at the Federal Aviation Administration, at ASC15. The fear, however, is that because the behemoth project is...

The US has the world’s largest airspace—five million miles—and is the most diverse, most complex, yet safest one, said Edward Bolton, the assistant administrator for NextGen at the Federal Aviation Administration, at ASC15. That said, the amount of close calls...

One of the ways the Air Force may look to draw in cyber talent in the future is through “alternate career paths” or “alternate personnel systems,” said Brig. Gen. Brian Kelly, the Air Force’s Military Force Management Policy director, at...

The Air Force must continue to be more aware of the ever-growing demand for energy and its fuel efficient methods, said a panel of Air Force energy experts at ASC15. The service spends nearly “$9 billion [a year] on energy,”...

A1C Spencer Stone will receive the Purple Heart later this week for wounds received when he and his friends intercepted a heavily armed terrorist on a French high-speed train last month, announced Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James at ASC15....

The Army will name its newest cadet barracks at West Point in honor of the late Gen. Benjamin Davis Jr., a leader of World War II Tuskegee Airmen who graduated from the academy in 1936, reported the Associated Press. The...

Sixty-two airmen have committed suicide so far this year, said Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh in his opening remarks at the Spouse and Family Forum at AFA’s Air & Space Forum last week. The number is not much different...