JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, December 30, 2013 (AFNS) - An enlisted retention board will convene here in June to consider eligible senior airmen through senior master sergeants for retention, Air Force Personnel Center officials said. The enlisted retention program is one of several expanded force management programs that have been or will be implemented this … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON, December 23, 2013 (AFNS) - The Air Force’s 23rd Secretary of the Air Force was formally sworn in, Dec. 20, in the Pentagon. Deborah James assumed the position of the Air Force’s highest ranking leader, making her the second female in Air Force history to serve in the role. As James takes on her new duties, she said she knows there will be … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON, December 19, 2013 (AFNS) - Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh III hosted a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Summit Dec. 11 and 12 as part of the Air Force's ongoing effort to provide education and analysis on the issue and to discuss the complex leadership concerns sexual assault presents. Welsh brought in wing commanders, command chiefs … [Read more...]

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, December 19, 2013 (AFNS) - Nominations for active-duty line officers interested in the financial management leadership program, or FMLP, are due to the Air Force Personnel Center by Feb. 15, 2014, AFPC officials said Dec. 18. The FMLP is a four-year program that provides non-finance officers the opportunity to gain leadership … [Read more...]

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, December 18, 2013 (AFNS) - The 451st Air Expeditionary Wing at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, is scheduled to deactivate in January 2014 as part of the bigger Afghanistan retrograde efforts. The 451st AEW is currently comprised of four groups, but will reorganize as one air expeditionary group, remaining at KAF, and reporting to the 455th Air … [Read more...]