April 3, 2015 CSAF discusses Air Force’s need to reset The Air Force Association hosted its monthly Air Force breakfast with Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, as the key note speaker, April 2, at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, Virginia.
April 2, 2015 Acting under secretary of the Air Force appointed President Barack Obama appointed Lisa S. Disbrow to serve as the acting under secretary of the Air Force March 30.
April 2, 2015 Air Force wins 2 gold, 3 silver at wrestling championships Air Force wrestlers took home five medals, including two gold, at the 2015 Armed Forces Wrestling Championships, March 27-28 at Fort Carson, Colorado.
April 2, 2015 Reaper deploys live weapons on maritime training target An MQ-9 Reaper successfully hit a sea-going target with an AGM-114 Hellfire missile during a joint service training exercise over the Gulf of Mexico on March 17.
April 2, 2015 Parachute riggers: One ripcord at a time The Air Force uses more than 20 types of parachutes to conduct personnel recovery, airdrops and asset insertion into combat zones. Knowing what type of parachute is required for each mission and verifying the safety of those parachutes is the job of a parachute rigger.
April 1, 2015 Pilots, combat systems officers may be eligible for retention incentives Eligible active-duty pilots and combat systems officers have until Sept. 30 to apply for the fiscal year 2015 Aviator Retention Pay Program, Air Force officials said April 1.
April 1, 2015 AF Nuclear Weapons Center reorganizes The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) reorganized its structure March 30, realigning responsibilities, authorities and accountability to better serve the nuclear enterprise.
April 1, 2015 Expanded use-or-lose leave law set to expire soon With the expiration of a law that allowed service members to carry up to 75 days of leave from one fiscal year to the next, troops should plan to carry no more than 60 days of leave into fiscal year 2016, defense officials recently announced.
April 1, 2015 Altus Airmen, National Guard participate in joint exercise Airmen from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, participated in Operation Viking, a joint force exercise, on March 28.
April 1, 2015 AF's updated policy further promotes tobacco-free environments The Air Force has led the military in advancing innovative tobacco control policies, such as the tobacco-free medical campus and prohibiting tobacco use outside "designated tobacco areas." Now, an updated Air Force instruction, published in March, seeks to further reduce health impacts from smoking,