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FY21 voluntary force management programs conclude May 27
May 13, 2021 — The Department of the Air Force will conclude fiscal year 2021 voluntary officer and enlisted force management programs May 27... MORE

DAF to allow officers to opt out of promotion in certain circumstances
May 13, 2021 — Eligible officers, who meet certain conditions, may soon request exclusion from consideration for the next higher grade. The new policy will go into effect beginning with the major, lieutenant colonel and colonel Space Force promotion boards set to convene Oct. 16, and will provide more flexible talent management options... MORE

Air Force follows revised DoD transgender policies
May 13, 2021 — In March 2021, the Defense Department recognized transgender and gender non-conforming people and their continued struggle for equality, security and dignity... MORE

AFVentures releases annual report, details efforts to expand defense industrial base, fight COVID-19
March 24, 2021 — AFVentures, the Department of the Air Force’s commercial investment group, has released its fiscal year 2020 annual report... MORE

AFVentures, the Department of the Air Force’s commercial investment group, has released its fiscal year 2020 annual report. The report details AFVentures’ successes in fulfilling its mission of expanding and maintaining the Air Force’s innovative capabilities by matching operator needs with private-sector solutions.

CSAF Memo to Airmen: Leadership Library
March 22, 2021 — Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.'s presents his Leadership Library. A chance to offer new books, podcasts and documentaries in order to generate regular conversations with Airmen on things that interest him and may interest them... MORE

One aircraft, two missions: Travis AFB C-17 delivers aid to support two CCMD's
February 4, 2021 — The Airmen of the 60th Air Mobility Wing delivered COVID-19 personal protective equipment and humanitarian aid bound for two separate combatant commands. The Port Dawgs of the 60th Aerial Port Squadron and the Beeliners of the 21st Airlift Squadron stepped in to tackle two separate missions, helping deliver supplies to two different combatant commands using one C-17 Globemaster III. ... MORE

Department of the Air Force releases fiscal year 2021 Selective Retention Bonus program
December 10, 2020 — The program is designed to improve the retention of experienced Airmen and Space Professionals in stressed career fields or those with high training costs... MORE

CSAF releases Action Orders to Accelerate Change Across Air Force
December 10, 2020 — In August, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., released his strategic approach entitled Accelerate Change or Lose, in which he described his view of the strategic landscape as Air Force chief of staff and, from that, his emphasis on why change is necessary. The newly-released action orders now represent his call to Airmen to move forward aggressively in the push toward change; the “what” to the first document’s “why.”... MORE

New AFWERX Fellowship drives innovation within the Air and Space Force
December 10, 2020 — AFWERX invited Airmen and Space professionals to apply for its new Fellowship program during day three of the livestreamed AFWERX Accelerate event Dec. 9... MORE

Renowned test pilot Chuck Yeager dies
December 9, 2020 — Probably his most notable achievement was piloting the Bell X-1 experimental rocket plane, in which he became the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947, shortly after the founding of the U.S. Air Force as a separate service... MORE

Famed test pilot, retired Brig. Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager has died, Dec. 7. He was 97.