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  • EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- James Briggs, Air Force Test Center, strategic initiatives, shared his one-page strategy for continuous transformation during the Innovation Share and Connect Workshop May 1 in Niceville, Fla. Innovation activities tie closely into the Air Force Materiel Command drive towards maintaining a culture of Continual Process Improvement throughout the command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

    CPI office augments mission effectiveness, efficiency

    Sometimes it takes an outsider’s perspective to discover a new way of thinking about a work process to make it more efficient and effective in execution. For the Air Force Materiel Command Continued Process Improvement team, the ‘outsider perspective’ is the heart and soul of their Air Force mission, which is to help AFMC teams to improve functions and processes across the command footprint.

  • Changes to Post-9/11 GI Bill transfers effective July 2019

    The transferability option under the Post-9/11 GI Bill allows service members to transfer all or some unused benefits to their spouse or dependent children. The request to transfer unused GI Bill benefits to eligible dependents must be completed while serving as an active member of the Armed Forces. The Department of Defense determines whether or not you can transfer benefits to your family. Once the DoD approves benefits for transfer, the new beneficiaries apply for them at Veterans Affairs.

  • 103rd AW leads innovation with first virtual reality loadmaster training system

    Loadmasters at the 103rd Airlift Wing helped develop the first Virtual Loadmaster Training System, that recently became fully operational at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Connecticut.

  • Air Force selects 4,733 in 19E7/master sergeant promotion cycle; list posts May 22

    The 19E7/master sergeant promotion list will be available on the Air Force’s Personnel Center website Enlisted Promotions page, the Air Force Portal and myPers May 22 at 8 a.m. CST.

  • Cybersecurity Town Hall emphasizes information protection for supply chain, acquisition

    The importance of protecting the Defense Department’s controlled unclassified information during acquisition and contracting processes was stressed during a series of cybersecurity town hall events hosted by the Air Force Materiel Command, May 7.

  • Around the Air Force: EOD Memorial Ceremony / Tyndall Industry Day / Groundbreaking

    On this look around the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein speaks at the 50th EOD Memorial, Air Force officials discuss rebuilding Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, and Eglin AFB, Florida, starts construction on the Intrepid Spirit Center.
  • (Center Left) Air Marshal Amit Dev, Indian Air Force Director General Air (Operations). and (Center Right) U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Kevin B. Schneider, 5th Air Force Commander, along with attendees of the India Executive Steering Group pose for a group photo in the Courtyard of Heroes at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 2, 2019. This year marks the 22nd iteration of the steering group between the two nations and is the primary venue for determining future engagements between the two air forces. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Robles)

    India, US Air Force leaders participate in Executive Steering Group

    Indian Air Force leaders visited Headquarters Pacific Air Forces for the annual India Executive Steering Group at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, April 30-May 3.
  • Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, Muharren Alija, Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo Vlora Çitaku, retired Lt. Gen. Dan Leaf, former 31st Fighter Wing and 31st Expeditionary Wing commander, Aviano Air Base, Italy and Brig. Gen. Chris Short, Aircrew Crisis Task Force director, pose for a photo in front of a new display commemorating the 20th anniversary of Operation Allied Force during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., May 8, 2019. Operation Allied Force was initiated in 1999 by NATO in response to Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic’s campaign of ethnic cleansing of Kosovar Albanians. (U.S. Air Force photo by Adrian Cadiz)

    Pentagon hosts display unveiling ceremony honoring Operation Allied Force 20th anniversary

    The display was created to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the successful Operation Allied Force and those involved.
  • 20th Anniversary of Operation Allied Force

    Echoes of 1999 rescue ring loud and clear for Goldfein, providing lessons and vision for today

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein has a direct answer when asked what echoes to this day, what continues to influence his thinking and actions even now, 20 years after he found himself on the ground in hostile surroundings, his F-16 in the distance smoldering and destroyed.

  • Next F-35 training squadron to be located at Eglin AFB

    The Air Force announced May 9, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the preferred alternative to receive an additional F-35A Lighting II training squadron.

  • Air Force to reactivate aggressor squadron for F-35 training

    The action came after Gen. Mike Holmes, Air Combat Command commander, recommended training for fifth generation fighter tactics development and close-air support would be improved by adding F-35s to complement the fourth generation aircraft currently being used.
  • Sgt. 1st Class Dion Cortez, Company C, 2-149 Aviation Texas Army National Guard flight medic, guides Reserve Citizen Airmen medical technicians off-loading a simulated wounded patient by stretcher during Operation Joint Medic May 5, 2019 at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas.

    Reserve and Guard build expeditionary medical skills during Joint Medic exercise

    More than 70 military members, including Reserve Citizen Airmen, Army and Navy Reservists and Texas Army National Guardsmen combined to sharpen their expeditionary mass-casualty stabilization and aeromedical evacuation skills May 4-5.
  • An F-15E Strike Eagle

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
  • A Beechcraft AT-6B Wolverine experimental aircraft flies over White Sands Missile Range, N.M., July 31, 2017. Aircraft like the Wolverine and Embraer A-29 Super Tocano provide close-air support to U.S. allies and partners, and can also be outfitted with commercial off-the-shelf command and control units like the Airborne Extensible Relay Over-Horizon Network, or AERONet, increasing their combat effectiveness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ethan D. Wagner)

    AERONet prototype could provide combat insight to allies

    The Airborne Extensible Relay Over-Horizon Network, or AERONet, digitally links friendly forces, providing them with their own location, the location of other friendly forces and real-time enemy movement updates. It will be showcased to partner nations at the Bold Quest exercise in Finland this month. AERONet is a version of systems used by law enforcement to patrol borders and track and combat smugglers. First responders use similar systems while fighting wildfires in the mountain states.

  • AFRL achieves “shocking” materials technology breakthrough

    The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with research partners at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Washington, are working to change the shape of materials technology with a breakthrough development that could open up a new range of possibilities for the military and beyond.
  • Awards rest on a table during the banquet celebrating the 50th reunion of the Jolly Green Association (JGA), May 4, 2019, in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. The JGA presented Airmen from the 41st Rescue Squadron (RQS) and the 48th RQS with the Rescue Mission of the Year award; the only non Air Force rescue award recognized by the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Janiqua P. Robinson)

    CSAF helps honor rescue community

    The three-day event brought past and present ‘Jolly Greens’ together to celebrate their heritage, reminisce about past missions and to present the JGA’s final Rescue Mission of the Year award to crews from the 41st Rescue Squadron and 48th RQS.

  • Public release announcement of the Air Force Data Services Reference Architecture

    As discussed in the 2018 National Defense Strategy, the United States is facing an increasingly complex global security environment marked by the re-emergence of long-term strategic competition, rapid technological change and new concepts of warfare.
  • Officials from the Department of Defense, Commonwealth Port Authority, and the government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands signed a $21.9 lease agreement May 3, 2019, at Tinian Airport, CNMI. The $21.9 million lease deal is intended to allow the U.S. Air Force to divert aircraft to Tinian for training and operations, while also spurring economic growth on the island of Tinian. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jake Barreiro)

    CNMI signs $21.9M 40-year lease with US DOD

    The Commonwealth Ports Authority, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands government and the U.S. Department of Defense finalized and signed a 40-year lease agreement worth $21.9 million for the U.S. Air Force’s divert airfield on Tinian Island, May 3.
  • AFRL groundbreaking

    Munitions complex coming to Eglin AFB

    The Air Force Research Laboratory facility, officially designated as the Advanced Munitions Technology Complex, will provide increased munitions research and test capabilities for the warfighter.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Francis A. Quiambao, 8th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management flight superintendent, poses next to a fuel truck on Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 24, 2019. Quiambao is responsible for leading the largest petroleum hub in the United States Forces Korea in receiving and distributing fuel, which accounts for 35 percent of the fuel consumed in the theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Savannah L. Waters)

    FAPAC awards Kunsan AB leader 2019 Uniformed Services Award

    The Federal Asian Pacific American Council has awarded Senior Master Sgt. Francis Quiambao, 8th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management flight superintendent, the 2019 FAPAC Uniformed Services Award.
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