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Two year tours at Incirlik start Jan. 1

By Oriana Pawlyk on January 3, 2014 Air Force, U.S. Air Forces in Europe

Sixty-six assignments at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, will be 24-month tours, regardless of accompanied status, according to an Air Force Personnel Center release. The change applies to anyone selected for those positions after Jan. 1 or later. The positions include those held by airmen first class through lieutenant colonels who “directly support the priority level one mission” there, said Bill Warner, AFPC’s assignment programs and procedures branch chief, in the release. “The purpose of the tour extension is to provide a level of continuity at Incirlik Air Base that is currently constrained due to the tour lengths that are now…

Air Force lifts grounding of combat squadrons, Thunderbirds

By Brian Everstine on July 15, 2013 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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