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  • Solar panels collect sunlight at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. The Davis-Monthan solar array project is placed on 170 acres of underutilized land, making it the largest of its kind currently on any U.S Department of Defense installation. The Department of Energy chose it as a 2014 Federal Energy Management Program award winner. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Air Force earns majority of federal energy awards

    It's a banner year for the Air Force with the Department of Energy recently announcing that service won a lion's share of 2014 Federal Energy Management Program awards.

  • 55th Strategic Communications Squadron receives top-level awards

    The men and women of the 55th Strategic Communications Squadron recently learned that their dedication to excellence was about to be awarded with the Defense Information Systems Agency's top award.

  • AF announces SAIGE award winners

    Staff Sgt. Aaron R. Chartier, Air Force District of Washington, and Timothy K. Pyeatt, Air Force Special Operations Command, are the 2014 Society of American Indian Government Employees Meritorious Service Award winners, Air Force officials announced recently.
  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody speak with members of the 97th Air Mobility Wing March 6, 2014, at Altus Air Force Base. Welsh and Cody addressed various topics such as sequestration, force structure and sexual assault. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dillon Davis)

    CSAF, CMSAF visit Altus AFB

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody and their spouses, Betty and Athena, spent two days here to tour the installation and meet Airmen and their families March 5 and 6. Welsh also served as keynote speaker at the Altus Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet in the City of Altus, March 6.

  • Nominees sought for 2014 NAACP Roy Wilkins Service Award

    The Air Force is seeking nominations for 2014 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Roy Wilkins Renown Service Award, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced today.

  • Vanguard award nominations due Jan. 28

    Nominations for the 2014 NCO Association Vanguard Award are due to the Air Force Personnel Center by Jan. 28, Air Force officials said.
  • Amry Lt. Gen. David Perkins congratulates Maj. Jason Earley as he is recognized for receiving several Command and General Staff College awards Dec. 13, 2013 during graduation for the 2013-02 Command and General Staff Officer Course at the Lewis and Clark Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Earley was recognized as the class's top U.S. graduate with the General George C. Marshall Award, as the Distinguished Master Tactician with the General George S. Patton Jr. Master Tactician Award, and as the student who best exemplifies the highest qualities of a member of the profession of arms with the Arter-Doniphan Award. Perkins is the Command and General Staff College Commandant and Combined Arms Center and the Fort Leavenworth Commander. (Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp)

    Air Force major named top tactician

    For the first time in 23 years, an Air Force officer has won the General S. Patton Jr. Distinguished Master Tactician Award as a student in the Command and General Staff Officer Course, or CGSOC, Dec. 12.
  • Maj. Chris Cisneros (left) and Lt. Col. Paul C. Zurkowski stand at the position of attention during an awards ceremony Dec. 8, 2013, at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Md. They were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor for their actions in a fire fight while deployed to Afghanistan. Cisneros and Zurkowski are A-10C Thunderbolt II pilots with the Maryland Air National Guard’s 104th Fighter Squadron. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Tech Sgt. David Speicher)

    Airmen awarded Distinguished Flying Cross

    Two pilots from the Maryland Air National Guard's 104th Fighter Squadron were recently awarded one of the Air Force's highest awards for actions in combat.
  • Department of the Air Force's Kevin Geiss (left) receives the 2013 Service to America Management Excellence Medal from Department of Defense Deputy Secretary Ashton Carter, Oct. 3, 2013 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy photo/Sam Kittner)

    Air Force top energy expert receives prestigious award

    The nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service presented Dr. Kevin Geiss, the Air Force deputy assistant secretary for energy, with the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammies) Oct. 3.
  • This High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle is part of the global vehicle fleet managed by the Air Force Element Vehicle and Equipment Management Support Office (AFELM VEMSO). The Air Force’s worldwide fleet was recently ranked 45th among the “100 Best Fleets in North America,” according to Government Fleet Magazine. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of AFELM VEMSO)

    AF fleet ranked among top 100 Best Fleets in North America

    The Air Force’s lead office for managing a $7 billion, worldwide fleet of 92,000 vehicles was recently ranked 45th among the “100 Best Fleets in North America,” according to Government Fleet Magazine.
  • 2013 Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year, Alicia Hinds Ward poses with her husband, Tech. Sgt. Edwinston Ward of the 113th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Washington D.C. Air National Guard.

    Military Spouse of the Year, committed to National Guard families

    The schedule of a military spouse is an arduous one. Appointments, dinners, and family time are vital to maintaining normalcy despite the strain of military life.Alicia Hinds Ward, the 2013 Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year, is another in the long line of military mothers and spouses who work a multitude of tasks, seemingly at the

  • White House launches contest for best money-saving idea

    The White House launched the 2013 President's Securing Americans Value and Efficiency Award contest July 31.
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