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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
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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Tagged Air, Cambridge, D.C.Among, electronic security command, Fla., Fort Lesley, J. McNair, Lt. Gen. Terry Gabreski, Maj. Gen. Janet C, Mass., Ohio, Washington, Wright-Patterson
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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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Tagged Air, Cambridge, D.C.Among, electronic security command, Fla., Fort Lesley, J. McNair, Lt. Gen. Terry Gabreski, Maj. Gen. Janet C, Mass., Ohio, Washington, Wright-Patterson
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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
Posted in Air Force
Tagged air mobility squadron, Airmen, Southwest Asia, U.S. CENTCOM, U.S. Central
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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
Posted in Air Force
Tagged disability, Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, Fort Hood, Fort Lewis, Fort Riley, Ga., Kan., N.C., portsmouth naval medical center, Texas, Va., Wash.
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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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Tagged Adm. John Harvey, Ali, Bahrain, Cmdr. Ryan Brookhart, commander Rear Adm. Douglas McAneny, Conn., D.C., General Manual, Georgia, Groton, Hartford, Harvey, Hawaii, Judge Advocate, judge advocate general, New Orleans, Pacific, Stefan Prevot, submarine, the Persian Gulf, united arab emirates, Vice Adm. Jay Donnelly, Washington
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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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Tagged 1st Lt. Courtney Kippenberger, Afghanistan, Brandon Gallick, Brittany, Capt. Christian Hodge, Capt. Michael J, Colo., dining, Fla., Force Base, Hagan, Ill., Iraq, Kenny Pruitt, Lt. Col. Elizabeth Demmons, Matthew Hagan, Md., military personnel subcommittee, Newton, Ohio, Randolph Air, Scott Air, Szymanski, Texas, Travis, Va., Wright-Patterson
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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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Tagged Afghanistan, Air, Base, Fla., Fort Benning, Ga., Kandahar, La., N.C., Philippines, pope air force, Texas, Wash., Weather Channel
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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
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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Tagged Air, air force commander, BEIJING, Carlisle, China, Lt. Gen. Hawk, United States
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