U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Airman magazine moves to digital home

    Airman magazine entered a new era Sept. 1 with the release of its final hardcopy edition and the unveiling of its new digital home.Airman is being re-launched as a new website and, while the Web address remains www.airmanonline.af.mil, the site has a fresh format and improved functions, officials

  • Air Force leaders issue Labor Day message

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy send the following Labor Day message to the Airmen of the U.S. Air Force and their families:Labor Day is a distinctly American holiday, created by workers to pay

  • COMPACAF presented Order of the Sword

    Enlisted Pacific Air Forces Airmen gathered here Aug. 26 to induct the PACAF commander into the command's Order of the Sword.Gen. Gary North distinguished himself by dedicating nearly $150 million to improve PACAF Airmen's quality of life while cultivating and fostering command-wide, total-force

  • 'Nothing of significance' found at Scott AFB mail center

    Scott Air Force Base bioenvironmental specialists and explosive ordnance disposal technicians have found nothing of significance at the official mail center here, base officials said.At approximately 9:30 a.m. Aug. 31, two U.S. postal workers and a military mail specialist were sent to a local

  • Los Angeles AFB to go electric

    Air Force officials unveiled a plan Aug. 31 to establish Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., as the first federal facility to replace 100 percent of its general purpose fleet with plug-in electric vehicles. "With gas prices rising and the cost of batteries falling, now is the time to move toward

  • Mid-grade civilian career development webcasts begin

    Webcasts developed to help GS-7 through GS-11 civilian Airmen plan and manage their careers will be held at various dates and times through Oct. 6.  Originally slated for June, the GS-7 through GS-11 webcasts were rescheduled to help prevent login problems "This is our largest civilian Airmen

  • Cadet Interfaith Council accepts president's community service challenge

    The Cadet Interfaith Council here kicked off an outreach partnership with a Colorado Springs food bank Aug. 27, answering President Barack Obama's challenge to colleges to become involved in interfaith cooperation and community service.Council members and chaplains spent two hours at Care and Share

  • National Guard TACPs develop upgrade training program

    Airmen from the National Guard tactical air control party specialists have pooled their resources to implement a standardized training program to streamline upgrade training.Project 275, whose name is a throwback to the career field's old specialty code to remind Airmen of the need to get back to

  • Job initiatives focus on vets, family members

    President Barack Obama called on Congress Aug. 30 to move quickly on an initiative to offer tax credits to employers who hire unemployed veterans, including those with disabilities.Speaking at the American Legion National Convention in Minneapolis, the president emphasized the nation's

  • Consolidated distribution saves dollars

    Millions of hardcopy forms and information products distributed by the Air Force will be delivered to customers at half the cost beginning fiscal 2012.Air Force officials are contracting with Army officials to move all of the service's warehoused printed material from the Air Force Publishing