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On average, bonuses up $5,000 from 2009

Selective retention bonuses are bouncing back in 2010.The average bonus is $31,052, nearly $5,000 more than last year’s $26,300.Payments are increasing for 35 Air Force Specialty Codes, and the service is adding 10 AFSCs to its SRB list. The total … Continue reading

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Female general nominated for 3rd star

Maj. Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger has been nominated for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as vice commander of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, the Defense Department announced Monday.If confirmed by the … Continue reading

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Female general nominated for 3rd star

Maj. Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger has been nominated for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as vice commander of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, the Defense Department announced Monday.If confirmed by the … Continue reading

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Airmen speed delivery of vital vaccine

Airmen in the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron at this air base in Southwest Asia handle nearly every passenger and piece of cargo that travels through the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Recently, the cargo they handled would, soon … Continue reading

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Pentagon, VA officials expand disability claims test

Defense and Veterans Affairs officials today announced another step in their efforts to streamline the process of determining veterans’ disability ratings. Beginning in January, the Disability Evaluation System pilot program will expand to six medical facilities at Fort Benning, Ga.; … Continue reading

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Report: Lax leadership led to Hormuz collision

The navigator was listening to his iPod during a critical evolution.Watchstanders were known to sleep on the job.Stereo speakers were rigged for music in the radio room.An informal atmosphere — along with crew complacency, a “weak” command and inferior submariner … Continue reading

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Wide range of dining reforms considered

Feel like buffalo wings at the club? Swipe your meal card.Want a bag of popcorn from the snack bar? Swipe your meal card.Got a hankering for a Double Whopper? Swipe your meal card — maybe.The Air Force is working on … Continue reading

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7 airmen enter spec ops weather pipeline

Flipping to The Weather Channel isn’t an option for airmen deployed to austere locales such as Kandahar, Afghanistan, or the Philippines.That’s why the Air Force has started instructing airmen right out of basic training to be special operations weather technicians. … Continue reading

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All services meet or exceed October recruiting goals

All active-duty and reserve-component military branches met or exceeded their recruiting goals for October, Defense Department officials said. October’s results, the first for fiscal 2010, continue a successful military recruiting mission that experienced a banner year in fiscal 2009. Active and reserve … Continue reading

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U.S.-China military cooperation key to peace, Air Force general says

Progress in military-to-military cooperation between the United States and China will help both nations deal with common challenges to peace and prosperity, according to a senior U.S. Air Force commander speaking in Beijing Nov. 6. Lt. Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the … Continue reading

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