May 5, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The Air Force revamped the Knowledge Management career-field, aiming to make its Airmen into some of the service’s top innovators working in newly established KM centers Air-Force-wide. The KM career-field split, announced earlier this year, moved 80 percent of its Airmen to the new Administration Air Force Specialty Code 3A1X1. … [Read more...]

May 2, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Nine U.S. Army Air Forces airmen who were interned at the Wauwillermoos Camp in Switzerland seven decades ago finally were honored with the Prisoner of War Medal, April 30. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III presented the awards to eight surviving men and to the family of a Ninth airman in a ceremony at the Pentagon. In 1943 and … [Read more...]

May 2, 2014, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - The Air Force has implemented the 2014 enlisted date of separation rollback program phase II, Air Force Personnel Center officials said May 1. The program accelerates the date of separation for Airmen who declined to acquire retainability for an assignment, training, retraining or professional military education, … [Read more...]

May 1, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James outlined April 30 the service’s progress in leveraging the talent and capabilities of the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve within the total force concept. James, along with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, testified at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. A tiger … [Read more...]

April 30, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The Air Force chief of staff explored the proper force ratio between the service’s active duty and reserve components in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, April 29. Gen. Mark A. Welsh III emphasized the importance of a detailed financial, operational and force sustainment analysis. “When we've completed the … [Read more...]