U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • New rules to reinforce Guard, Reserve re-employment protections

    The National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve is lauding the Labor Department announcement issuing rules clarifying re-employment rights for citizen-soldiers. They said the Dec. 16 announcement is a major step forward for guardsmen, reservists and their civilian employers.

  • Moseley: Airmen engaged worldwide

    Since August 1990, when the first wing deployed for Operation Desert Shield, the Air Force has been engaged in solid combat, the Air Force chief of staff said. Gen. T. Michael Moseley took time recently to discuss Air Force issues and Airmen performing the mission. For 15 years, Airmen have been

  • Moseley discusses past, plans for future

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley brought up several points of Air Force history at a three-day Air National Guard senior leader conference here. He addressed generals, command chief master sergeants and adjutants general during the opening day of the conference as they prepared to

  • Developmental engineering officers needed

    Some developmental engineering cross-flow opportunities exist for 2002 year group officers. However, to be considered, their applications must be received at the Air Force Personnel Center here by Jan. 3. Eligible officers, currently serving in over-strength career fields, must have an accredited

  • CENTAF releases combined daily airpower summary

    U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's combined airpower summary. Coalition aircraft flew 50 close-air-support missions Dec. 18 for Operation Iraqi Freedom. They included support to coalition troops, infrastructure protection, reconstruction activities and operations to deter and

  • TSA trains bomb dog teams for transit systems

    Six mass transit officers partnered with bomb dogs are graduating today at Lackland, marking the Transportation Security Administration’s first full-scale expansion into canine protection for people riding trains, light rail and buses in America’s major cities. The TSA office on Lackland is sharing

  • Airmen continue filling Army billets

    Moving supplies across Iraq can be a daunting task, but it is one more than 150 Airmen of Detachment 2632 have come together to do each day. These 732nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron “in-lieu-of” forces assist the Army's 181st Transportation Battalion run convoy missions primarily to

  • Fuel oil for the kids

    Servicemembers at Film City in Kosovo raised more than $1,200 to keep a Pristina community center operating this winter. The money will buy enough fuel oil to keep the center’s generator running during the coldest time of year. The generators provide electricity and heat. To show their appreciation,