Sept. 22, 2023 Around the Air Force: Leaders Talk Global Security Challenges In this week’s look around the Air Force, leaders talk about how the department is changing in light of great power competition in their keynote speeches at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference.
Sept. 15, 2023 Around the Air Force: New PT, Uniform Standards for EPME, Interoperability with Marines, Autonomous Flight Moves Forward In this week’s look around the Air Force, Enlisted Professional Military Education courses have new uniform and fitness requirements, Creech AFB Airmen work with Marines in California, and a new proving ground for automated flight has its first successful test.
Sept. 8, 2023 Around the Air Force: Gender Relations Survey, Special Leave Changes, Promotion Board Alignment In this week’s look around the Air Force, selected servicemembers can take the DoD gender relations survey anonymously, Special Leave Accrual changes and the Air Force is aligning promotion boards for officers to evaluation closeout dates.
Sept. 1, 2023 Around the Air Force: Five ‘C's’ of Mission Command, Blended Wing Aircraft Prototype, $1.6 Billion for Dorms and CDC Improvements In this week’s look around the Air Force, new doctrine is released on mission command, a blended wing aircraft is in development that could save money on fuel, and improvements are coming for dormitories and child development centers. (Hosted by Senior Airman Saomy Sabournin)
Aug. 25, 2023 Around the Air Force: NCO Retraining Revamp, Aviator Retention, Quantum Navigation In this week’s look around the Air Force, retraining for career Airmen evolves, a demonstration program aims to keep rated aviators in service and artificial intelligence paired with Earth’s magnetic field may guide navigators in the future. (Hosted by Staff Sgt. Jazmin Granger)
Aug. 18, 2023 Around the Air Force: Flexibility for Dependent Care, Faster Access to Mental Health Care, A Better-Fitting Flight Suit for Women In this week’s look around the Air Force, families can set aside up to $5,000 yearly to help with dependent care, the Brandon Act streamlines mental health care requests, and two-piece female flight suits released for issue.
Aug. 11, 2023 Around the Air Force: F-35s Arrive at Tyndall AFB, Foreign Language Pay, Breaking Barriers to Mental Health In this week’s look around the Air Force, Tyndall AFB starts a new chapter as F-35 fighter aircraft arrive, new rules for foreign language pay, and the Air Force puts together a team to make it easier to access mental health, wellness and other programs.
Aug. 4, 2023 Around the Air Force: CSAF Nomination, Wedgetail Agreement, Leadership Titles Change In this week’s look around the Air Force, VCSAF Gen. David Allvin is nominated to be the 23rd CSAF, three country’s Air Forces agree to develop the Wedgetail early warning and control aircraft, and Air Force vice commanders become deputy commanders.
July 28, 2023 Around the Air Force: Restored Funding for Bonuses/PCS, Federal Protections for Military Families, AFWERX Fall Fellowship In this week’s look around the Air Force, funding for PCS moves and bonus programs is restored, the DoJ reinforces new Federal protections for military members and their spouses, and a cutting-edge effort from the Air Force is taking applications for a fellowship program.
July 7, 2023 Around the Air Force: 100 Years of Air Refueling, FY24 Special Duty Pay, Continuous Fitness Study In this week’s look around the Air Force, AMC honored 100 years of air refueling with flyovers across the U.S., special duty pay changes for some career fields, and AFRL is working with the Space Force for a new way to gauge fitness. (Hosted by Staff Sgt. Jazmin Granger)
June 30, 2023 Around the Air Force: NATO Air Defender, DAF WPS Strategic Action Plan and AI Literacy In this week’s look around the Air Force, NATO’s largest air exercise ever, a strategic action plan incorporating women, peace and security concepts across the department, and digital experts learn about artificial intelligence solutions.
June 23, 2023 Around the Air Force: Stealth Fighter Innovations, Air Traffic Control for Disaster Relief, Reserve Retirement Counseling In this week’s look around the Air Force, fifth-generation fighter jets share software, managing the skies after a disaster and the Air Force Reserve offers retirement counseling services. (Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Eric Mann)
June 16, 2023 Around the Air Force: Space Force Base Preferences, Legacy Aviation Bonus, Malicious EMail In this week’s look around the Air Force, Space Force announces preferred locations for units, some pilots can apply now for special bonus pay, and a fake email is circulating that servicemembers need to be aware of. (Hosted by Staff Sgt. Kahdija Slaughter)
June 9, 2023 Around the Air Force: Typhoon Aftermath in Guam, Assignment Swap, Reaper Upgrade In this week’s look around the Air Force, recovery efforts after Typhoon Mawar hits Guam, a new assignment swap program begins, and the MQ-9 Reaper gets a satellite communication upgrade. (Hosted by Staff Sgt. Jazmin Granger)
June 2, 2023 Around the Air Force: Brown Nominated for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Recruiting Medals/Promotions, Cadets Research Robotics In this week’s look around the Air Force, POTUS nominates CSAF as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, pending Senate confirmation, Airmen and Guardians can get medals and promotions as part of new recruiting incentives and cadets at the USAFA are studying how people interact with robots.