JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, December 03, 2013 -- RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - Open season for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program and the Federal Flexible Spending Account Program continues through Dec. 9. The average premium rate for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program will increase by 3.7 percent in … [Read more...]

KEFLAVIK, Iceland, December 02, 2013 (AFNS) - The 351st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron and the KC-135 Stratotanker deployed from Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, make up an important part of the 48th Air Expeditionary Group here in Iceland. The 48th AEG has been conducting air surveillance and policing missions as a part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON, November 27, 2013 (AFNS) - The Air Force will implement new personnel policies to posture for future force management programs as it prepares to become smaller, officials announced today. In the absence of Congressional direction to mitigate the impact of sequestration, the Air Force must proceed with changes to personnel policies and force management programs to … [Read more...]

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. (AFNS)November 26, 2013 - The Air Force must control the growth of pay and benefits or the service will be hard pressed to perform its primary mission to fight and win America's wars, the service's top officer said. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III said pay, benefits and medical costs constitute about half of the Air Force's … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON, November 22, 2013 (AFNS) - Offering a glimpse at what commissary and military exchange services could become in light of smaller and unpredictable budgets, the Defense Commissary Agency director and CEO described to Congress yesterday the consequences sequestration and the government shutdown have already imposed. Customers packed commissaries Oct. 1, the first … [Read more...]