budget cuts

Sweeping force cuts in 2014 — this week’s Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on December 16, 2013 Air Force, budget cuts, Uncategorized

The Air Force has announced a total of 18 voluntary and involuntary force management programs as part of the most sweeping force cuts since the end of the Cold War. In this week’s Air Force Times, we explain how the Air Force is planning to enact the deep cuts and when they will take place. Meanwhile, the Senate is considering a compromise defense budget passed b y the house that would cut end strength but provide more flying hours and protect some of the aircraft that the Air Force wants to retire. Budget cuts have taken a toll on how…

Snitches in the ranks — this week's Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on December 9, 2013 Air Force, Air Force Academy, budget cuts, UCMJ, Uncategorized

A former Air Force Academy cadet who claims he was ordered to break cadet policy while working as a confidential informant and then expelled for doing what he was told has exposed the scope of the Office of Special Investigations’ use of informants to spy on their fellow airmen. In this week’s Air Force Times, you can read how this cadet was recruited to work for OSI and what happens to airmen after they become confidential informants. Also this week: It’s been two years since Air Force wife Kelli Abad disappeared from Kadena Air Base, Japan, but her mother refused…

Snitches in the ranks — this week’s Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on December 9, 2013 Air Force, Air Force Academy, budget cuts, UCMJ, Uncategorized

Bonuses slashed, retraining cancelled — this week's Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on December 2, 2013 Air Combat Command, Air Force, Airframes, budget cuts, Leadership, pay and benefits, sexual assaults, UCMJ, Uncategorized

The Air Force has announced steep cuts to re-enlistment bonuses and retraining opportunities as budget cuts force the service to get smaller. In this week’s Air Force Times, we explain who is getting a re-enlistment bonus and who isn’t as well as which career fields are no longer on the retraining list. In the next few weeks, even more bad news may be coming. Also this week: the Air Force recently selected about 1,000 staff sergeants for special duties out of an eligibility pool of roughly 7,500 nominees. You can read the five things you need to know about special…

Bonuses slashed, retraining cancelled — this week’s Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on December 2, 2013 Air Combat Command, Air Force, Airframes, budget cuts, Leadership, pay and benefits, sexual assaults, UCMJ, Uncategorized

More fighter pilots than expected stay in — this week's Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on November 25, 2013 Air Combat Command, Air Force, Airframes, budget cuts, Defense Department, Leadership, Pentagon, Promotions, UAV, Uncategorized

More fighter pilots took the $225,000 bonus to extend their contracts for nine years than senior Air Force officials have indicated. Air Force Times looks at how many fighter pilots took the bonus in fiscal 2013 and why Acting Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning said earlier this month that pilots were being lured away by the airlines. Also this week: Next month, the Air Force plans to roll out its new web portal that will support mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets. Here is what you need to know. Meanwhile, budget cuts have limited the opportunities for enlisted…

More fighter pilots than expected stay in — this week’s Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on November 25, 2013 Air Combat Command, Air Force, Airframes, budget cuts, Defense Department, Leadership, Pentagon, Promotions, UAV, Uncategorized

Senators craft amendment blocking A-10 cuts

By Brian Everstine on November 19, 2013 Air Force, Airframes, budget cuts, Uncategorized

The lawmaker most vocally opposed to possible Air Force plans to cut the A-10 has crafted an amendment that would keep the jet in the air for about another 10 years, until the final version of the F-35 is ready. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., has submitted an amendment calling on the Air Force to keep all its A-10s until the Block 4A version of the F-35 is flying, which is not expected until about 2022, along with keeping the Warthogs until the F-35 fleet is as big and as capable as the A-10. It is the latest step in months…

Welsh: Cuts coming soon — this week's Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on November 11, 2013 Air Force, Air Force Academy, Airframes, budget cuts, History, Leadership, Raptor, Uncategorized

The Air Force will soon announce how it plans to cut 25,000 airmen over the next five years if sequestration continues, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh told Air Force Times reporter Stephen Losey. In this week’s Air Force Times, you can read how the Air Force expects to make those cuts. In other news, a plan to rapidly deploy F-22 fighters is closer to reality after a successful test this summer at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The concept would drastically cut the logistics and overhead needed to schedule a deployment. Meanwhile, the Air Force Academy is allowing junior cadets…

Welsh: Cuts coming soon — this week’s Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on November 11, 2013 Air Force, Air Force Academy, Airframes, budget cuts, History, Leadership, Raptor, Uncategorized

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