Mentoring

Mentoring is a relationship in which knowledge and skills are shared between members in a way in which everyone benefits. Often a more senior person is mentoring a junior person, but mentorship can happen between any two individuals. Mentoring will help Airmen and Guardians discover their strengths by achieving their full potential through a structured, trusting mentoring relationship.

Find a mentor and become a mentor! It’s easy to do both by registering in MyVector. In 2021, we completely redesigned the Mentoring platform in MyVector based on your feedback. New features include:

Ability to self-identify as someone seeking a mentor or someone who wants to be a mentor
Track the status of their mentoring requests
Updated Resources page
Enhanced messaging capability that allows users to send messages to mentors
Additional search filters:
ethnicity, race, disability, Exceptional Family Members Program (EFMP), MAJCOM, organizations, and ranks
Ability for mentees to share documents with mentor
Sister Service mentor/mentee enabled capability
CFM ability to assign mentors to mentees (Spring 2022)

Log into MyVector, check out the new capabilities, and find your mentor today at https://myvector.us.af.mil!

Flight deck footage from inside a MAFFS C-130H from 302nd Airlift Wing

CONR-1AF (AFNORTH and AFSPACE)

Video by Master Sgt. Nicholas Carzis

Aug. 9, 2023 | 1:14

U.S. Air Force Reserve Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) aircrew assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing operate a MAFFS equipped C-130H aircraft as they drop a line of fire retardant for the Wiley Fire, Aug. 9, 2023. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the trusted and valued partnership between the Department of Defense and the U.S. Forest Service. Air Forces Northern, U.S. Northern Command’s Air Component Command, is the DoD’s operational lead for aerial military support to the National Interagency Fire Center, assisting with wildland fire suppression operations when requested. (U.S. Air Force video by Capt. Will Behn) More

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USDAUSNORTHCOMU.S. Department of AgricultureU.S. Northern CommandAir Forces NorthernModular Airborne Fire Fighting SystemU.S. Forest Serviceaerial firefighting1AFAFNORTHNIFCFirst Air ForceMAFFS AEGNational Interagency Firefighting Center2023 MAFFSFire Season 2023 More

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MAFFS personnel join wildfire suppression efforts against Wiley and Jerry Ridge Fires in Northwest United States

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Flight deck footage from inside a MAFFS C-130H from 302nd Airlift Wing