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!

Air Force Astronaut Delivers Remarks Before Piloting NASA’s Crew-10 Mission

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March 14, 2025 | 0:31

NASA astronaut and Air Force Maj. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers thanks those involved in the SpaceX Crew-10 mission and the crew’s family and friends seconds before piloting the crew’s SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., March 14, 2025. The crew launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station at 7:03 p.m. EDT.

Ayers has flown missions across the globe, including more than 200 combat hours in Operation Inherent Resolve over Iraq and Syria and more than 1,400 flight hours in the T-38 Talon and F-22 Raptor. Previously stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Ayers served as the 3rd Wing, 90th Fighter Squadron assistant director of operations before receiving the call to join NASA in 2021. (U.S. Air Force video courtesy of NASA) More

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