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New rules for the tape test — this week's Air Force Times

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By on Air Combat Command, Air Force, Airframes, Leadership, PT, Tape test, Uncategorized, Waist measurement

Busting tape will no longer mean an automatic failure for airmen who pass the rest of the PT test, but if you think passing the Body Mass Index will be easier than passing the tape test, think again. In this week’s Air Force Times, we explain how BMI works and walk you through other changes to the PT test that will take effect on Oct. 1. In other news, the Air Force has made changes to the U-2 cabin after a study found U-2 pilots had more brain lesions than they should for their age and health. Read what causes…

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Dyess wing king has a zombie survival plan

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By on Air Combat Command, Air Force, Offbeat

Air Force bases must be prepared in the event of many contingencies, and at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, that also means zombies. Col. Glen Vanherck, commander of the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess, addressed this issue during an online Q&A that was posted online in late June and has since made the rounds in social media. In the Facebook Q&A, Brittany asked: “What is the wing king’s zombie preparedness plan? I’m curious to see how he plans to survive if there ever is one.” And the answer was quite detailed. “Please rest assured that if a terrorist attack is…

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New Pacific rotations — this week’s Air Force Times

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By on Air Combat Command, Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Airframes, budget cuts, Offbeat, sexual assaults, Uncategorized

The Air Force is taking a page from the Cold War playbook to plan for deployments to the Asia-Pacific region. You can read how rotations to Australia and elsewhere in the Pacific will be modeled after the “Checkered Flag” deployments. While the Air Force is increasing its presence in the region, budget cuts have forced Pacific Air Forces to curtail exercises. See which exercises have been put on hold. Facing decreasing defense budgets for the foreseeable future, the Air Force is looking into how many aircraft and bases it needs and making big changes in the active-reserve mix to save…

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New Pacific rotations — this week's Air Force Times

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By on Air Combat Command, Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Airframes, budget cuts, Offbeat, sexual assaults, Uncategorized

The Air Force is taking a page from the Cold War playbook to plan for deployments to the Asia-Pacific region. You can read how rotations to Australia and elsewhere in the Pacific will be modeled after the “Checkered Flag” deployments. While the Air Force is increasing its presence in the region, budget cuts have forced Pacific Air Forces to curtail exercises. See which exercises have been put on hold. Facing decreasing defense budgets for the foreseeable future, the Air Force is looking into how many aircraft and bases it needs and making big changes in the active-reserve mix to save…

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Air Force lifts grounding of combat squadrons, Thunderbirds

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By on Air Combat Command, Air Force, budget cuts

After about three months on the ground, one-third of the Air Force’s combat fleet has received more funding and will start flying again. Air Combat Command announced today that it has restored $208 million as part of a $1.8 billion reprogramming allocation authorized by Congress. This additional funding will re-instate training and test operations for squadrons in Air Combat Command, along with those assigned to U.S. Air Forces Europe and Pacific Air Forces, including the Air Warfare Center’s Weapons School, aggressors and the Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team, according to ACC. The funding will only affect operations until the end of…

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ACC curtails inspections — this week’s Air Force Times

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By on Air Combat Command, Air Force, Uncategorized, Uniforms

The effects of budget cuts continue to radiate through the Air Force. Most recently, Air Combat Command has been forced to curtail inspections. In this week’s Air Force Times, you can read how ACC is trying to save money and what it means for airmen who must comply with operational readiness inspections. The budget cuts have also led to a new round of Date of Separation rollbacks, and that means the Air Force is on track to discharge more than 2,400 airmen by October. Air Force Times provides a breakdown of which airmen are being forced out by rank and…

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ACC curtails inspections — this week's Air Force Times

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By on Air Combat Command, Air Force, Uncategorized, Uniforms

The effects of budget cuts continue to radiate through the Air Force. Most recently, Air Combat Command has been forced to curtail inspections. In this week’s Air Force Times, you can read how ACC is trying to save money and what it means for airmen who must comply with operational readiness inspections. The budget cuts have also led to a new round of Date of Separation rollbacks, and that means the Air Force is on track to discharge more than 2,400 airmen by October. Air Force Times provides a breakdown of which airmen are being forced out by rank and…

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Officers selected for the Thunderbirds 2014 team

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By on Air Combat Command, Uncategorized

By Markeshia Ricks Despite having their wings clipped this fiscal year by sequestration, the commander of Air Combat Command has selected the officers who will be part of the Thunderbirds 2014 demonstration season, according to release. The officer members of the 2014 team are: — Lt. Col. Matthew Bradley, 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron director of operations from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., will be the squadron commander and lead pilot, which is known as Thunderbird No. 1. He will be responsible for commanding a force of more than 100 enlisted service members and 11 commissioned officers assigned to the Thunderbirds,…

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