A selection board considered 36 nominees representing each of the Air Force's major commands, direct reporting units, and field operating agencies, along with Headquarters Air Force, selecting the 12 winning Outstanding Airmen of the Year based on “superior leadership, job performance, and personal achievements.”
After 76 years, the Air Force Association is changing its name to the Air & Space Forces Association to better match its mission supporting and advocating for both Airmen and Guardians. "AFA has always been fully committed to supporting both the Air Force and Space ...
Congressional leaders say they have made a significant breakthrough toward agreeing to a budget for fiscal year 2022—more than four months after the fiscal year began. But Air Force Association leaders are calling on lawmakers to break what has become a nearly-annual tradition of continuing resolutions ...
The Defense Department now says military members can indeed attend conferences in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, correcting a statement made last week by Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby. The Air Force Association continues to plan a full, in-person 2022 AFA Warfare Symposium ...

Happy Veterans Day

Nov. 10, 2021
"Each generation of Americans calls on its best to come and serve. In today's all-volunteer military, not many need to answer that call. Those few who do, hue to a higher call," says AFA president retired Lt. Gen. Bruce "Orville" Wright in his Veterans Day ...