Starting today, eligible enlisted airmen and officers with between 15 and 19 years of service can apply for retirement. This week’s Air Force Times explains who is eligible and how much money you can expect to get if you are approved for early retirement. Also in this week’s edition: Security forces are bearing the brunt of DOS rollbacks. You can read why they represent an increasing portion of airmen who are being forced out of the service. Meanwhile, the Air Force has issued new guidance about how to conduct themselves in social media. Air Force Times gives you five things…
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The Air Force has added voluntary separation programs as part of its effort to cut about 1,860 airmen next fiscal year. In this week’s Air Force Times, you can find out more about what voluntary options the Air Force is offering and which ranks are affected most by end strength cuts. If you plan on staying in, you may get voluntold for special duties now that the Air Force has officially announced it will nominate airmen for those positions. Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody talks to Air Force Times about the new selection process for developmental…
The Air Force has added voluntary separation programs as part of its effort to cut about 1,860 airmen next fiscal year. In this week’s Air Force Times, you can find out more about what voluntary options the Air Force is offering and which ranks are affected most by end strength cuts. If you plan on staying in, you may get voluntold for special duties now that the Air Force has officially announced it will nominate airmen for those positions. Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody talks to Air Force Times about the new selection process for developmental…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj9r0oJsPwA[/youtube] Even though the grounding of combat squadrons and the Thunderbirds ended yesterday, the Air Force is still not doing flyovers for sporting events, and the New York Police Department picked up some of the slack. At the MLB All Star Game last night at Citi Field in Flushing, N.Y., the NYPD’s aviation unit provided four helicopters for the flyover at the end of the National Anthem. In previous years, the Air Force has done many of the flyovers. Last year, a B-2 Spirit from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., flew over Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City for the All…
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…
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled the Defense of Marriage Act has been ruled is unconstitutional, Air Force Times is looking at how things will change for airmen. In this week’s edition, we tell you how the Supreme Court’s ruling will affect housing, health care and other issues for gay and lesbian airmen. Also this week, the selection rate for technical sergeants has plummeted to its lowest point in years. Air Force Times examines what has caused this promotion logjam and what it means for staff sergeants and senior airmen. In the category of “news you can use,” the…
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled the Defense of Marriage Act has been ruled is unconstitutional, Air Force Times is looking at how things will change for airmen. In this week’s edition, we tell you how the Supreme Court’s ruling will affect housing, health care and other issues for gay and lesbian airmen. Also this week, the selection rate for technical sergeants has plummeted to its lowest point in years. Air Force Times examines what has caused this promotion logjam and what it means for staff sergeants and senior airmen. In the category of “news you can use,” the…
Top performing NCOs may soon be ordered to spend three years as a first sergeant, according to Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody. In this week’s Air Force Times, we look at who would be affected and the promotion advantages of being a first sergeant. Also this week, you can read how seven valor awards went to one squadron in the Alaska Air National Guard for missions in Afghanistan. Five members of the 212th Rescue Squadron received a total of one Silver Star and six Bronze Stars with valor for rescuing U.S. and Danish troops. Meanwhile, the…
Top performing NCOs may soon be ordered to spend three years as a first sergeant, according to Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody. In this week’s Air Force Times, we look at who would be affected and the promotion advantages of being a first sergeant. Also this week, you can read how seven valor awards went to one squadron in the Alaska Air National Guard for missions in Afghanistan. Five members of the 212th Rescue Squadron received a total of one Silver Star and six Bronze Stars with valor for rescuing U.S. and Danish troops. Meanwhile, the…
Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh tells Air Force Times that he in no way intended to blame the victims of sexual assault when he mentioned the “hookup mentality” during a recent hearing. In the interview, Welsh explains what he meant and what he regrets about his comments. Since Welsh became chief of staff, the Air Force has launched a pilot program to provide attorneys to sexual assault victims. The program has worked so well that two lawmakers want to expand it to all of the services. The Air Force’s chief legal officer recently took to Twitter to ask airmen…
