May 3, 2022 Language-enabled Airmen support mental health initiative with partner nation A team of seven French Language Enabled Airman Program scholars recently partnered with the Defense Institute for Medical Operations to provide language support for a mental health mobile training team in N'Djamena, Chad.
April 28, 2022 First T-7A Red Hawk rolls out The first T-7A Red Hawk training aircraft rolled off the production line at the Boeing Defense, Space & Security building at Lambert International Airport.
April 25, 2022 VCSAF, former 97 AMW leaders return for first ‘Legacy of the Spear’ To commemorate the event, 11 previous commanders and four previous command chiefs returned to Altus AFB to participate in discussion panels, visit various base facilities, recognize Airmen, and celebrate the wing’s heritage.
April 17, 2022 Leavitt: Dream big, work hard Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt shared her experiences with the newest generation of female aviators and others, from an ROTC cadet at the University of Texas, all the way to current position as the Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety.
April 15, 2022 First enlisted leaders enshrined in CSAF, CMSAF International Honor Roll For the enlisted inductees, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass held an additional ceremony later in the day to dedicate the International Honor Roll wall in the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Maxwell AFB’s Gunter Annex, memorializing their accomplishments.
April 11, 2022 Facing recruiting headwinds, Air Force offers thousands in new enlistment incentives The Air Force added more opportunities for future Airmen to receive bonuses upon entering active duty in fiscal year 2022.
April 11, 2022 CCAF commences 50th anniversary celebration The official kick-off of the Community College of the Air Force's 50th Anniversary event began with Governor Kay Ivey signing a proclamation to recognize CCAF’s long standing relationship with the community.
Feb. 24, 2022 AF Competency Modeling Handbook provides Airmen with roadmap to become future-ready, critically thinking warfighters The Air Force Handbook 36-2647 includes a validated competency-modeling framework that is scalable, reliable, and repeatable to assist career fields in developing their occupational competency models.
Feb. 23, 2022 Senior enlisted leaders answer Enlisted Force Development Action Plan questions on Reddit ‘AMA’ Senior enlisted leaders answered both serious and fun questions from Airmen with a mixture of humility and humor for more than hour on the social platform, Reddit’s Air Force thread.
Feb. 16, 2022 LEAP scholars equipped with skills that cannot be 'just-in-time' trained Through the Language Enabled Airman Program, more than 3,410 Airmen and Guardians, across 93 strategic languages, are equipped with the resources, training and tools for utilization at a moment’s notice with skills that cannot be “just-in-time” trained.
Feb. 15, 2022 AETC publishes first competency-based civilian Learning Professionals career series education and training plan This effort leads the way for the Department of Air Force to establish the foundation for integrating competencies into an education and training plans in the future.
Feb. 10, 2022 ACE Symposium reaps lessons learned, best practices from warfighters Operational planning experts and weapon systems operators from across the Air Force met at Air University Feb. 1-3, 2022, for the first Agile Combat Employment Symposium, hosted by the Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education.
Feb. 8, 2022 ACC's Agile Combat Employment just got more AGILE The Agile Battle Lab’s ultimate goal is to reshape the way Airmen think, work and incorporate processes that elevate the capabilities of the Air Force in preparation for the future fight.
Jan. 24, 2022 AETC continues to develop Airmen, celebrates 80th anniversary Members of the Air Education and Training Command will celebrate the command’s 80th anniversary throughout 2022. Events planned will honor the Air Force’s oldest major command and all the students and trainees who have been recruited, trained and educated at First Command.
Jan. 21, 2022 AFWERX Agility Prime completes first USAF-piloted flight of an eVTOL vehicle with partner Kitty Hawk Capt. Terrence McKenna, an Air Force Reserve pilot with the 370th Flight Test Squadron and the Test and Experimentation Lead for AFWERX Agility Prime, participated in remote pilot in control, or rPIC, training on the Heaviside aircraft at the Kitty Hawk Corporation’s facility in Palo Alto,