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  • AF envisions smaller force to preserve readiness

    Discussing upcoming budgetary variables during a Pentagon news conference today, the Air Force's top civilian leader for the past six months addressed the inevitability of a smaller force.Acting Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning, who is returning next week to his position as undersecretary of the Air

  • Senate confirms James as next secretary of the Air Force

    Deborah Lee James will be the next secretary of the Air Force, according to a Senate confirmation vote Dec 13. James provided testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee Sept. 19, before the full Senate voted on her confirmation. Now the president must appoint her before she can assume her new

  • Buckley Top 3 set to mentor AF middle enlisted

    Buckley Air Force E5s and E6s are invited for a round of speed mentoring by senior enlisted from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 20 at the Panther Den on base.Mentors and mentees will discuss a variety of career-development topics during the sessions. Each mentee will be allotted a one-on-one, five to seven

  • VIEWPOINT: I was determined to live

    The Air Force saved my life.I don't mean "the parachute opened in just the knick of time as I plummeted to the Earth" kind of save.I was failing college classes and getting into trouble. I didn't care if my decisions lead to jail or death. I was too busy recklessly living in the moment while not

  • Air Force leaders’ letter to Airmen addresses force management

    Below is a letter relaying force management objectives from Eric K. Fanning, Acting Secretary of the Air Force; Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Force Chief of Staff; and Chief Master Sgt. James A. Cody, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force:To the Airmen of the United States Air Force:We are the best

  • FY14 force management to include senior NCO retention board

    Plans are underway to convene a June senior NCO retention board to consider eligible master sergeants and senior master sergeants for retirement, officials announced Dec. 12.The board is one of several fiscal 2014 force management measures that have been or will be implemented to transition toward a

  • AF announces additional force management programs to reduce force size

    Air Force leaders announced force management programs Dec. 11 designed to reduce the force by thousands of Airmen over the next five years as a result of sequestration.Fiscal 2014 force management initiatives are in addition to the announcement made in July, stating the Air Force will implement

  • AF officials announce FY14 civilian workforce shaping

    The Air Force will reduce the size of its civilian workforce by about 900 positions in addition to maintaining approximately 7,000 vacancies across the force to meet the demands of a constrained fiscal 2014 budget, officials announced. Specific reductions by location have not been determined.The Air

  • AF to convene CMSgt retention board in June

    The Air Force will convene a chief master sergeant retention board in June to select chief master sergeants for retirement no later than Nov. 1, 2014, officials announced today.The fiscal 2014 Chief Master Sergeant Retention Program is one of several force management programs slated to be

  • Operation Homefront to give toys to military families

    Operation Homefront will give toys to military families through the annual Holiday Toy Drive 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 16 in Aurora, Colo.Families must register their children in order to receive toys. Toys are limited and on a first-come, first-serve registration process.For more information or to

 

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