OCTOBER 1, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Active-duty Airmen who want to take advantage of military assistance programs for voluntary education in the coming academic year will experience several changes beginning Oct. 1. Air Force Credentialing Opportunities Online, or AF COOL, will take the place of the military tuition assistance, or MilTA, certification program for enlisted … [Read more...]
3T Program Eases Transition to Civilian Life
OCTOBER 1, 2014, TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) - Preparing for life after the military can be tough, but the Air Force is working to make it a little easier with a tractor trailer training program called 3T. The Military Commercial Driver's License Act of 2012 allows states to accept a military operator's license and training certificate, along with approval from a … [Read more...]
AF Integrates TAP Into New Military Lifecycle Model
OCTOBER 1, 2014, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - The redesigned Transition Assistance Program is in its third and final stage and will be integrated into the new Defense Department Military Lifecycle Model, Air Force Personnel Center officials said. The MLC, which will be implemented Oct. 1, is the latest in a series of improvements to the Transition Goals … [Read more...]
Academy Hits Conservation Target
September 30, 2014, U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFNS) - In light of October being Energy Action Month, developed by the Department of Energy, U.S. Air Force Academy mission elements gathered Sept. 23, to discuss energy and utility savings for the year and analyze new efforts here to reduce costs and save energy. From August 2013 - August 2014, the Academy reduced its … [Read more...]
‘Decisive’ Air Power Thwarts ISIL’s Capabilities, Official Says
September 3,0 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Airpower has stymied Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists, with the Air Force accomplishing 74 percent of the more than 240 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria since Aug. 8, a senior Air Force official told reporters at the Pentagon Sept. 29. Maj. Gen. Jeff Harrigian, the Air Force's assistant deputy chief of staff for operations, … [Read more...]