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!

Promo BLUE: Episode 25: Pilot Pipeline

Defense Media Activity - Air Force

Video by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Drobnack, Staff Sgt. Nicholas Koetz, Staff Sgt. Anastasia Tompkins, Airman 1st Class Jasmine Vanderheyden

June 1, 2018 | 0:29

The Air Force’s pilot shortage is a complex issue. To get more pilots from the classroom to the cockpit, Airmen are using technology and processes in innovative ways. Take a journey through the pilot pipeline to see solutions Airmen have implemented in each stage of fighter-pilot training.
https://youtu.be/YKiSq4fcuqc

Want to learn more about pilot training? Check out this historical video:

Yesterday’s Air Force: Pilot Training:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eiqgKx4TVE&index=4&list=PLBV-tTF3X5uH_rvR6sZQPujDxnJcEQBsf More