AUGUST 16, 2023 - Eligible regular Air Force aviators have from Aug. 15 to Sept. 15 to apply for the fiscal year 2023 Rated Officer Retention Demonstration Program, Air Force officials announced earlier this week. The FY23 National Defense Authorization Act directed the Secretary of the Air Force to execute a demo program that allows select aviators with Undergraduate Flying … [Read more...]

AUGUST 16, 2023 - Over 150 Airmen and three B-2 Spirits from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, arrived at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland Aug. 13. Their purpose is to engage in Bomber Task Force missions, a vital component of U.S. European Command’s collaborative training efforts with allies, partners and U.S. joint forces. Around the globe, U.S. Strategic Command routinely … [Read more...]

AUGUST 15, 2023 - The Air Force is continuing to improve its talent management programs to provide additional opportunities to further develop and retain Airmen. The latest program to evolve is the retraining process for Career Airmen, or those on their second or subsequential enlistments, which updates eligibility requirements for FY24. During Phase I, which began Aug. … [Read more...]

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Metcalf, a 54th Helicopter Squadron flight engineer, poses with a pair of heated glove prototypes being tested by Team Minot at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, July 28, 2023. The 54th HS can work up to approximately 10,000 feet where temperatures can be extremely low, requiring the highest level of cold weather equipment to stay warm and … [Read more...]

AUGUST 14, 2023 - For the first time in Air National Guard history, a clinical nurse took command as director of the ANG Medical Service Office of the Air Surgeon at the ANG Readiness Center, Joint Base Andrews. “Normally, it's been a physician or a flight doctor that has led the helm for the Air National Guard Medical Service Office … I'm the first clinical nurse,” said … [Read more...]