OCTOBER 9, 2020 - The Air Force decreased its tuition assistance allowance from $4,500 to $3,750 for fiscal year 2021. This was to mitigate the rise in the program’s users due to COVID-19, according to af.mil. Tuition assistance is a program that pays tuition costs for Airmen who take college courses while on active duty. When teleworking began in mid-March due to the … [Read more...]
Next-Generation Helmets Keep Defenders Lethal, Ready
OCTOBER 8, 2020 - The Air Force Security Forces Center is delivering the next generation of ballistic helmets to security forces units as part of its effort to standardize and modernize Defender equipment across the Air Force. The helmets will replace the Advanced Combat Helmet, which security forces Airmen had to modify and outfit with bulky additions to accomplish … [Read more...]
Air Force, Space Force Select Students for Space Test Fundamentals Course
OCTOBER 7, 2020 - The Air Force Test Center’s Test Pilot School is one step closer to standing up the Space Test Fundamentals course. “Today, here in this building, a board is selecting the first class of space professionals to attend our new space test fundamentals course,” said Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, AFTC commander, during the Multi-Domain Test Force activation … [Read more...]
Army, Air Force Form Partnership, Lay Foundation
OCTOBER 2, 2020 - Unity among military branches and a combined, all-domain effort could be the difference in winning large-scale, multi-domain battles the Army expects to fight in the future. To help achieve that goal, the Army and Air Force signed a two-year collaboration agreement in the development of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or CJADC2, which will … [Read more...]
Air Force Makes Additional Updates to Dress and Appearance Regulations
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 - As part of the ongoing effort to build a more inclusive Air and Space Force, additional revisions were approved Sept. 15 to Air Force Instruction 36-2903, “Dress and Personal Appearance of Air Force Personnel,” which are effective immediately. Following the Department of the Air Force’s initial review, a diverse panel of Total Force Airmen completed a … [Read more...]