May 8, 2014, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - The Air Force will convene a fiscal year 2015 force management reduction in force board Oct. 1, 2014, to evaluate some captains and majors for continued retention, Air Force Personnel Center officials said May 6. The RIF, combined with voluntary separation pay program and temporary early retirement authority … [Read more...]

May 8, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The Defense Department greatly appreciates the contributions of its civilian employees as it works toward achieving more efficiency across the workforce, a senior personnel official told a Senate homeland security and governmental affairs panel May 6. Paige Hinkle-Bowles, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for civilian personnel … [Read more...]

May 7, 2014, SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (AFNS) - A 10-member pilot test team assigned to Air Combat Command’s directorate of logistics set up shop at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., April 28, to work with 20th Maintenance Group Airmen testing the use of iPads to view maintenance technical orders. Senior Master Sgt. Ed Dierkens is the noncommissioned officer in charge of the … [Read more...]

May 7, 2014, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - Active duty officers interested in expanding their horizons by building, sustaining, and expanding international relationships while embedded in another country's air force have until May 22 to indicate their interest on their Airman Development Plan in time for the next assignment cycle, Air Force Personnel Center … [Read more...]

May 7, 2014, BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - Active duty majors and major-selects interested in the Department of Defense 2014-2015 Executive Leadership Development Program must submit their application packages by May 31, Air Force Personnel Center officials said May 6. The program provides a new approach to training civilian employees by including military … [Read more...]