OCTOBER 7, 2021 - In a giant leap toward increasing diversity within its ranks, the Department of the Air Force recently made changes to its qualifying test for officers. By reducing the mandatory delay between tests from 180 to 90 days and allowing for ‘super-scoring’ of test subcategories, much like college SAT and ACT scoring, DAF is making headway in modernizing its … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 4, 2021 - Senior Master Sgt. Jason Billingsley, the superintendent of the 442d Sustainment Services Flight, led a virtual training about myFitness for Air Force Reserve Command’s services Airmen, Oct. 3, 2021. Earlier this year, the Air Force introduced significant changes to the fitness assessment program to include a new online tool to help with scheduling tests, … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 1, 2021 – For the first time in five years, each of the Total Force recruiting partners have reached or exceeded their recruiting goal and each has achieved its end strength for Fiscal 2021. “It’s been another challenging year as we’ve continued to fight through the challenges of COVID but our recruiters have made every Air Force and Space Force goal. Our active duty … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 – The Air Force Rapid Dragon Program, a fast-paced experimentation campaign led by the Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office, has completed two more successful demonstrations during its first system-level flight tests of this potential new capability at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico in July 2021. The tests assessed the … [Read more...]

One of the directors of the National Geographic Documentary Film, "The Rescue", Jimmy Chin, poses for a picture with members of the multinational team which participated in the Tham Luang Cave rescue, British cave diver Rick Stantion, Air Force Special Tactics Officer Capt. Mitch Torrel and groundwater expert Thanet Natisri during a premiere screening of the film at the … [Read more...]