U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Officials announce Air Guard major, lieutenant colonel promotions

    Air Reserve Personnel Center officials here announced June 8 the 2006 Air National Guard Line and Nonline Major and Lieutenant Colonel Promotion Selection Boards’ results. The boards selected 451officers for promotion.The full list of officers is available online at

  • Report: Flight control system problem caused F/A-22 crash

    A flight control system problem caused an F/A-22 Raptor to crash on the runway at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Dec. 20, according to an Air Force report released June 8.The pilot ejected and sustained minor injuries. The $133.3-million aircraft, assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron

  • Dominguez invites ministry team to academy

    The Air Force invited the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces to visit the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., to provide an outside perspective on religious respect issues there, Air Force officials announced June 8.Michael L. Dominguez, acting secretary of the Air Force, asked the team

  • O'Brien: BRAC communities regained 90 percent of lost jobs

    Redevelopment efforts have created more than 115,000 new jobs nationwide in communities affected by the last four Base Realignment and Closure actions, a senior Defense Department official said here.Those employment gains account for "nearly 90 percent of the civilian jobs that were lost" as the

  • Health-behavior survey tracks military trends

    Midway through the survey period, Defense Department officials are reporting steady returns on the latest health-related behaviors survey, and officials are urging others selected to participate to weigh in with their responses.The 2005 Health Related Behavior Survey assesses active-duty

  • Grand Forks, Eielson key to Air Force Future Total Force

    If the Base Realignment and Closure recommendations released in May are approved, Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., and Eielson AFB, Alaska, will see some changes. Both bases will play a strategic role in the Air Force's Future Total Force plan.Grand Forks received the highest BRAC score for

  • Officials find nothing wrong with cadet’s e-mail

    Air Force and academy legal officials found that a former cadet wing commander’s e-mail and its attachment contained neither information that violated the Establishment Clause of the Constitution, nor any Department of Defense or Air Force policies or instructions.Newly commissioned 2nd Lt. Nicholas

  • There’s no quitting in the Air Force

    An Airman candidate stood up and said, “I quit.”Almost before he could finish speaking, three staff sergeants were in his face barking like trained attack dogs.“You can’t quit!” they yelled. “We decide who’s quitting, and you’re not quitting! Ain’t no such thing as quitting.”The confrontation took

  • Officials tout benefits of Microsoft home use program

    For about the cost of a month’s subscription to an Internet service provider, most Airmen can get a copy of the software application they are currently using on their office desktops for use on their personal home computers.The benefit, dubbed the Microsoft home use program, is part of Microsoft’s

  • New launch date projected for new civilian personnel system

    The first phase of the Defense Department's new National Security Personnel System has been adjusted slightly, to later in the fiscal year, NSPS officials said June 7.The Defense Department will work with the Office of Personnel Management to adjust the proposed NSPS regulation based on public