April 11, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The fiscal and security challenges triggered by budgetary constraints are posing problems for Air Force strategy, the service’s secretary told the Senate Armed Services Committee April 10. Deborah Lee James said tomorrow’s Air Force requires investing in the right technologies and platforms to be prepared to operate in a … [Read more...]

April 10, 2014, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) - The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's F-22 Division is on-track to complete installation of the Automatic Back-up Oxygen System, or ABOS, in the Air Force's F-22 Raptor combat fleet by December 2014. In January 2012, following a series of incidents in which a number of F-22 pilots experienced physiological … [Read more...]

April 9, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - A limited number of Airmen who received notice that their previously approved applications for early retirement had been declined will be given the option to retire if they still desire to do so, officials announced April 8. “We are aware that some Airmen received erroneous (temporary early retirement authority) approvals and were … [Read more...]

April 04, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The Air Force is the largest consumer of energy in the federal government, with 86 percent of its energy costs dedicated to aviation fuel, according to Kathleen Ferguson, the principal deputy assistant secretary performing duties as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment and logistics. Ferguson, who testified on … [Read more...]

FORT BELVOIR, Va., April 4, 2014 - A senior Pentagon official signed a proclamation here today designating April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and urging military and civilians to support and protect survivors of sexual assault and eradicate the crime through cultural change. Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Snow, director of the Defense Department’s Sexual Assault … [Read more...]