U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Chief authorizations through 2011 to be downgraded

    A board recently completed a chief master sergeant grade review that will downgrade the number of authorizations in which the top one percent of the enlisted force will serve. Based on budgetary restraints over the next three years, chief master sergeant manning authorizations at most major commands

  • VA secretary focuses on continuum of care

    Five months after taking the helm of the nation's second-largest cabinet department, the secretary of veterans affairs laid out his priorities and talked of transitioning the organization to meet the needs of veterans today as well as those of the next generation. Veterans Affairs Secretary Dr.

  • Leaders stress summer safety

    In a joint Letter to Airmen, the Air Force secretary and chief of staff emphasize the importance of safety during the days between Memorial Day to Labor Day, the 101 Critical Days of Summer. Air Force Secretary Michael W. Wynne and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley want Airmen to be

  • Dover Airman to receive CFC Hero Award

    A Dover Airman was recently awarded the 2007 National Combined Federal Campaign Military Hero Award for his efforts with the CFC and other volunteer activities in the community. Capt. Thomas Abell, the 436th Mission Support Squadron Military Personnel Flight commander, will receive the annual CFC

  • Memorial Day posters available for download

    Memorial Day honors men and women who have died during military service to the United States. To show respect to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom, two posters are available for download and display. The first poster shows a joint-service honor guard carrying a flag-draped

  • Airmen in Honduras host special day for local children

    Members of the 612th Air Base Squadron hosted an orphanage children's day complete with games, swimming, lunch and piñatas May 18 at Soto Cano Air Base. About 40 volunteers from the squadron came out to make sure children from the Hogar de Guadalupe Orphanage in El Conejo, Honduras, had a

  • Battlefield Airmen train on Hickam

    Joint terminal attack controllers, or JTACs, found a unique place to train for close-quarters battle:  in one of Hickam's base housing areas. JTACs are part of a tactical air control party team. These battlefield Airmen live and work with Army ground units, and their main function is to coordinate

  • Joint Task Force Caring Response brings help to Burmese citizens

    U.S, Air Force members from Yokota Air Base, Japan, assist with the delivery of humanitarian relief supplies for the people of Burma May 19 at Yangon International Airport in Burma. Approximately 15,000 pounds of water, water containers and mosquito netting were unloaded from the C-130 Hercules

  • Airmen can use regular detergent on ABUs

    Airmen are now authorized to wash their Airmen Battle Uniforms in regular detergent, regardless if the detergent uses optical brighteners announced Air Force leaders here recently. On March 25, the Army released a memorandum concluding that ABUs laundered with detergents containing optical

  • Wing maintenance, logistics to merge with operations

    On May 12, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley signed the Global Wing Structure Program Action Directive 08-01. PAD 08-01 directs the realignment of fighter, rescue and bomber aircraft maintenance units under flying squadrons. The Air Force will implement these changes between July 1