APRIL 22, 2015, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Air Force leaders are reminding Airmen to keep the mission in mind as the Air Force observes the 45th annual Earth Day April 22. The service has encouraged Airmen around the globe to focus on recycling efforts this year, in line with its 2015 theme, “Conserve Today - Secure Tomorrow.” “Air Force bases and installations … [Read more...]

APRIL 21, 2015, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - How does Dr. William LaPlante, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, apply his 29 years of defense technology experience to improve a $32 billion research, development and acquisition portfolio? That is the question he sought to answer. LaPlante had recently completed a meeting focused on shaping an experimentation … [Read more...]

APRIL 21, 2015, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - In line with a recent update to the Air Force policy on enlisted performance report static closeout dates (SCOD), effective immediately, all future EPRs for promotion-selectees will close out on the date of the promotion-select grade. At the direction of Headquarters Air Force, Airmen promoted to technical … [Read more...]

APRIL 20, 2015, MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. (AFNS) - For 24 hours, two officers are confined 60 feet below a missile alert facility (MAF), to a metal pill no larger than an average bedroom. Containing a vast array of Cold War-era technology, the capsule houses the ability to launch nuclear equipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, with the power to do so resting in … [Read more...]

APRIL 16, 2015, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) - Cyber is an operational domain, and military leaders are going to have to understand its importance and the opportunities and challenges of operating in the domain, said Navy Adm. Michael S. Rogers during the Navy League’s 50th annual Sea-Air-Space Exposition here April 14. Rogers, the commander of U.S. Cyber Command, … [Read more...]