August 1, 2014, PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) - Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody and his wife Athena paid a visit to Airmen here July 23-25. During his visit, Cody, the Air Force's senior enlisted leader, toured the base, visited with and thanked the Airmen working hard to support the mission, hosted two Airmen's Calls, and discussed the challenges … [Read more...]

July 31, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Air Force officials announced a series of sweeping changes to the Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System July 31. The changes are intended to ensure the Air Force truly makes job performance the driving factor and will be implemented incrementally beginning in August 2014 and continuing through early 2016. … [Read more...]

July 31, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - To balance readiness today and modernization tomorrow, the Air Force’s fiscal year 2015 budget request is shrinking like today’s defense budget thanks to Congress’s own priorities and the approaching threat of sequestration in 2016, Air Force leaders said July 30. Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force … [Read more...]

July 30, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Up to 40 active-duty, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard officers and enlisted members who meet eligibility requirements will be offered between one and three years of partially-paid time out of uniform to focus on personal and professional pursuits under the Career Intermission Pilot Program, or CIPP, Air Force officials announced … [Read more...]

July 30, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry O. Spencer spoke to local educators about the particular importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics to the Air Force during an ASM Materials Teachers Camp July 18, at Shaw-Howard University, Washington, D.C. The week-long camp for local middle and high school science teachers … [Read more...]