U.S. Air Force News

Sept. 5, 2014
Career intermission: AF Personnel Center to host Facebook live chat Sept. 9

The Air Force Personnel Center will host a Facebook live chat Sept. 9 from 9 to 10 a.m. to answer questions about the Career Intermission Pilot Program, officials said Sept. 5.
Sept. 5, 2014
Four officer AFSCs by year group will not meet October RIF board

Line of the Air Force officers in four Air Force specialty codes by year group are no longer scheduled to meet the fiscal year 2015 Force Management Reduction in Force board slated for Oct. 1, 2014.
Sept. 4, 2014
Investigation report findings released

The U.S. Central Command recently completed its commander-directed investigation on causes surrounding a fratricide incident which resulted in the death of five U.S. Army soldiers and an Afghan National Army soldier, June 9, 2014, in the vicinity of Arghandab, Afghanistan.
Sept. 4, 2014
Texas ROTC cadet is top in nation

The Air Force Association named Cadet Dylan J. Meador of Angelo State University's Air Force ROTC Detachment 847 the Outstanding ROTC Cadet of the Year for 2014.
Sept. 4, 2014
Deployed together: Family supports rescue missions in Africa

“It is strange to hear him on the radio talking to us back and forth while on the planes,” Chief Ibarra said. “A lot of the guys make jokes saying, ‘Is that you, Laz, or your son?’ since we kind of sound alike.”
Sept. 4, 2014
Kandahar's Liberty operations reach end of mission

After four years of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, the 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron will complete their MC-12W Liberty operations in southern Afghanistan at the beginning of September 2014.
Sept. 4, 2014
Ramstein Airmen welcome international partners for NATO exercise

The 86th Airlift Wing opened its flightline to Air National Guard C-130 Hercules from six states and U.S. Transportation Command C-17 Globemaster IIIs Aug. 31, to support an international, allied exercise.
Sept. 4, 2014
Mauritania partnership flight wraps up

The last full day of African Partnership Flight Mauritania was filled with a group intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance planning exercise, an ISR field capstone event, and the arrival of two Mauritanian Super Tucanos and a Cessna-208 Grand Caravan, Sept. 3, at Atar Airbase, here.
Sept. 4, 2014
Airman delivers under pressure

Most baby delivery stories seem to follow the same storyline. In the early stages of labor, the mother begins her contractions and heads to the hospital, then some odd amount of hours later, the baby is born.
Sept. 3, 2014
Office of Personnel Management announces eOPF upgrades

The Office of Personnel Management has announced recent upgrades to their electronic personnel filing system to provide smarter and more efficient service to employees.

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