News - Tag Air Force

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...

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.”...

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...

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...

Department of the Air Force restores leave charged during restriction of movement
December 9, 2020 — Effective Nov. 20, the Department of the Air Force announced the ability to restore leave charged to members during a required restriction of movement after Aug. 6...

Annual DoD housing survey opens for tenant feedback Dec. 8
December 8, 2020 — The annual survey provides Air Force housing officials, installation leaders and project owners feedback to shape the evolution of improvements that advance the Air Force housing portfolio that is provided to service members and their families...

AETC to host second annual Force Development Summit Dec. 15-16
December 7, 2020 — As part of the effort to better develop the Airmen required to support the Air Force we need, Air Education and Training Command will hold the second annual Force Development Summit virtually Dec. 15-16...

Department of the Air Force moves Physical Fitness Assessments to April 2021, removes waist measurement from composite score permanently
December 7, 2020 — To ensure social distancing practices remain in place during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and to give Airmen and Space Professionals time to prepare, testing was delayed from October to January and is now further delayed to April...

Air and Space Force’s acquisition chief appoints Rapid Capabilities Office as integrating PEO for ABMS, expanding from startup toward rapidly scaling delivery phases
November 24, 2020 — Dr. Will Roper, Air Force and Space Force acquisition chief, signed a memorandum directive Nov. 24 assigning the Advanced Battle Management System delivery phases to the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office as the integrating Program Executive Office...

Building digital literacy through Digital University
November 20, 2020 — Digital University strives to fit the needs of all Airmen by providing 100,000 licenses to access more than 12,000 courses. ...