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22 Jan 2020
From the courtroom to the classroom
Lt. Col. Trinh Warner, an Air Force judge advocate for 17 years, was getting close to retirement and in search of a meaningful job.
22 Jan 2020
AFMC standardizes on-boarding, civilian acculturation
The Air Force Materiel Command Civilian Acculturation Program, officially launched in May 2019, standardizes and streamlines the on-boarding process across AFMC, with impacts ranging from increased job satisfaction to improved new employee retention and more.
21 Jan 2020
Nellis AFB and RAAF team up to support Australia wildfire relief
Members of the Royal Australian Air Force and Nellis Air Force Base teamed up to load more than 50 bundles of fire suppressant and other critical firefighting equipment onto three RAAF C-17 Globemaster III aircraft for delivery to the Australian Emergency authorities and Rural Fire Service.
21 Jan 2020
USAFE-AFAFRICA builds partnership with Malawian air force
Since 2018, the USAFE-AFAFRICA Manpower, Personnel and Services Directorate, Force Development team, has been coming to Malawi to partner with the Malawian air force to provide them with tools to build, sustain and stand up an independent air force.
20 Jan 2020
“I Have a Dream” still inspiring
Dr. King Jr. was a Baptist minister, turned social activist and civil rights leader who called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism.
19 Jan 2020
MilTax: Military OneSource offers free tax prep
MilTax kicks off on Military OneSource Jan. 22, offering electronic filing via do-it-yourself software and personalized support from a tax consultant.
18 Jan 2020
576th AMXS leverages robotic paint stripping technology on A-10 Lightning II
The 576th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron is upgrading its traditional manual media blast paint removal process by using new-generation robots to strip the paint from A-10s that come to the base for depot overhaul and maintenance.
17 Jan 2020
Around the Air Force: Spark Tank, Adaptive Learning Software, Air Force Connect
Today's look Around the Air Force features this year's six Spark Tank winners, a transition from textbooks to tablets in Basic Military Training and some information on Air Force Connect. (Hosted by Senior Airman Angelo Rosario)
17 Jan 2020
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.
17 Jan 2020
AFMC seeks innovative ideas through IdeaScale Campaign
Airmen and civilians from across the enterprise are invited to submit innovative ideas and solutions to improve the AFMC mission through the Air Force Ideation Platform, or IdeaScale, now through September 2020.
16 Jan 2020
Deforestation on Tyndall AFB leads to ecosystem restoration
This is a partnership between Air Force service members, Department of Defense contracted employees and representatives of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
15 Jan 2020
I-WEPTAC 2020 registration opens
Hosted by the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, the annual conference is the Air Force’s only innovation forum for members of the installation and mission support community. It draws experts from the various Air Force combat support core functions to address I&MS shortfalls and help shape and propose solutions. This year’s conference is scheduled for March 30 through April 8 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.
15 Jan 2020
X-60A program conducts integrated vehicle propulsion system verification test
X-60A is a single-stage liquid rocket primarily designed for hypersonic flight research and is launched from a modified business jet carrier aircraft.
15 Jan 2020
Air Force Aid Society launches new enhancements to its mobile budget app
The initial version of the AFAS Budget Builder App was launched in 2018 and was created primarily as a budgeting tool to help Airmen and their families improve how they save and budget their money each month. Prior to the Budget Builder App, AFAS provided paper check registers to Airmen and other service members to manually track monthly expense activity.
14 Jan 2020
Blueprint Leadership with CMSAF Kaleth Wright: Episode 3 featuring SEAC Ramón Colón-López
Chief Master Sergeant of The Air Force Kaleth O. Wright talks leadership, lessons learned, and shared experiences with the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, SEAC Ramón Colón-López.
14 Jan 2020
CSAF continues Standing Watch tour, visits Minot AFB
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein visited Airmen of the 5th Bomb Wing and the 91st Missile Wing to recognize career fields that cover shifts 24/7.
14 Jan 2020
Air Force moving to comply with new certification requirements for Security Cooperation Workforce
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency developed the requirements in response to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, which directed the Defense Department to establish a Defense Security Cooperation Workforce Development Program.
14 Jan 2020
Air Force beta-tests adaptive learning platform in basic military training
On Dec. 11, 2019, about 110 trainees with the 321st Training Squadron received the computers as part of a six-month Cooperative Research and Development Agreement beta test designed to test adaptive and personalized learning in the basic military training setting.
13 Jan 2020
Tyndall AFB comptrollers support base rebuild, win Air Force award
A team of comptrollers from the 325th Comptroller Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base, received the Gen. Larry O. Spencer Special Acts and Services award for assisting in more than 11,000 people from the 325th Fighter Wing with their finances before, during and after Hurricane Michael made landfall in October 2018.
13 Jan 2020
Air Force leadership conducts privatized housing tour at Barksdale AFB
The privatized housing tour familiarized the leaders with the current condition of privatized base housing on the installation, aligning with current Air Force efforts to improve the Military Housing Privatization Initiative Program for the service.

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RT @AETCommand: Airmen from the 29th AMU check over the first MQ-9 Reaper to be transported through ferry flight, Jan. 8, 2020, on @Holloma…

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RT @DeptofDefense: The cold won’t slow down the @usairforce! The Air Force is working with the @usarmyccdc to test cold weather gear and e…

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RT @USAFCENT: GROUND SUPPORT | USAF Airmen assigned to the 379th AEMS worked alongside the 746th EAS to load cargo onto & launch a C-130 at…

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RT @USAFHealth: #DidYouKnow, Air Force Expeditionary Medicine brings leading-edge medicine directly into battle providing injured personnel…

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RT @CENTCOM: A French Rafale conducts nighttime air refueling with a U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary…

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RT @DeptofDefense: Jumping from a plane becomes a big step toward friendship. 301 soldiers and airmen from @USArmyReserve, @usairforce, and…

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