The Department of the Air Force ranks 14th among the 19 largest agencies in this year’s “Best Places to Work in the Federal Government” list released today. According to the agency list – indexed by scores that measure overall performance related to employee satisfaction and commitment – the Air Force’s ranking fell by 4.30 points and from 13th place in last year’s ranking. The Navy took 10th place this year, and the Army tied for 17th with the Department of Labor; the Office of the Secretary of Defense ranked 15th. The Department of Homeland Security ranked lowest once again, and…
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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 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…
Two World War II airmen are finally headed home. The Defense Department’s POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that two U.S. service members missing in action in WWII have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors, according to a Defense Department release. Army Air Force 2nd Lt. Valorie L. Pollard of Monterey, Calif., and Sgt. Dominick J. Licari of Frankfort, N.Y., will be buried as a group in a single casket on Sept. 19 at Arlington National Cemetery. The individually-identified remains of Licari were buried on Aug. 6 in Frankfort, N.Y. Pollard and…
The Defense Department has a different kind of enemy in this countermarketing video campaign, but the message is simple: smoking is never the answer. The DoD Health Affairs recently announced this new “Fight the Enemy” campaign in hopes to inform service members about the risks that stem from tobacco use. But the campaign is also a competition — personnel, families and DoD civilians may enter their best educational video for “Fight the Enemy” until Oct. 15, and winners will be announced in mid-November. “If you don’t believe tobacco impairs mission readiness, I encourage you to read the IOM report,” said…
In celebration of commissaries going back to to their normal operating hours Aug. 19, you can now shop with something useful in your pocket. Starting tomorrow, the Commissary Rewards Card will celebrate its one-year anniversary by releasing a new mobile app for its users. “[The app] will be available from the App Store Aug. 8 for customers who use the iPhone or iPad,” said Marye Carr, DeCA’s Rewards Card program manager, in a release. “The app will allow you to access your account, select coupons and review clipped, redeemed and expired coupons, making it even easier to put your coupons…
Family members of the crew flying on a C-124 Globemaster II that crashed Nov. 22, 1952, may finally be getting some answers. The shifting of an Alaskan glacier that unearthed some wreckage and frozen remains from the cargo plane that crashed near Mount Gannett, Alaska has given Alaskan Command and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) more evidence to work with. According to ABC News, additional layers of the glacier melted away this winter, yielding more possibilities of finding remains. JPAC returned to Alaska last month to continue the investigation said Lee Tucker, a JPAC spokesperson. JPAC concluded its investigation…
For the past couple months, the DoD has been putting out releases about twins — some sisters, some brothers — serving together, retiring together, re-enlisting together, etc., overseas and on the home front. For example, Navy Lt. Cdr. Anthony Scott administered the oath for Air Force Master Sgt. Antone Scott, his twin brother, for his fifth enlistment ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., June 27, 2013. Master Sgt. Scott is a member of the the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron. “It’s a great honor knowing he could have selected any officer for his re-enlistment, but he was willing to make…
Taking our “Here’s Why” from the paper to the blog. An explanation for why something is the way it is in the Air Force/military. The façade of the Supreme Court. The Taj Mahal. The Leaning Tower of Pisa. All iconic landmarks. All composed of marble. An iconic building to military personnel and the world’s largest office building — the Pentagon — could have been made out of marble, but building planners said, “No way.” Why? According to the Pentagon tours website, the Pentagon has no marble because “it was built during World War II, and Italy, the source of marble, was…
Dr. Donald Erbschloe, Air Mobility Command chief scientist, and Col. Keith Boone, AMC Fuel Efficiency Division chief, spoke with Tahan Pangaribuan, Solar Impulse flight director assistant yesterday. Solar Impulse is currently hanging out at the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport where it landed June 4. A solar-powered airplane, the project began in 2003 with a 10-year budget of 90 million euros ($112 million). Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, Swiss pilots and co-founders of the project, take turns flying the plane. It is the first attempt to fly across the United States using no fuel but the sun’s energy. Developers hope to…
