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  • 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

  • Active duty offered free entrance to all national parks

    To show their appreciation for those serving, the National Park Service will issue annual passes for free entrance to all 397 national parks to active-duty military members and their family 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 13 at The Exchange.The military version of the America the Beautiful National Parks and

  • Space Badge renamed, new guidance issued

    The current Space Badge will be renamed the Space Operations Badge beginning Jan. 1, 2014. Wear of the badge will be focused on personnel with core 13S and 1C6 Air Force Specialty Codes, grandfathered are space professionals of all other AFSCs awarded the badge prior to Jan. 1, 2014, and

  • Junior female Airmen invited to breakfast

    Team Buckley will host a women's breakfast for all female Airmen E-1 to E-4 8 a.m. Dec. 12 at the Panther Den.Col. DeAnna Burt, 460th Operations Group commander, will lead the breakfast allowing female Airmen to meet and network with other military women while discussing ideas and activities