Category Archives: Education

More than 6,600 selected for master sgt.

The Air Force Personnel Center has released the names of 6,618 tech sergeants selected for master sergeant, a selection rate of 34 percent. Selectees will begin putting on their new rank in August.

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9 new general officer assignments announced

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz on Friday announced nine one- and two-star general officer assignments. The following appointments are subject to Senate approval.

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What you need to know about RIF boards

About 9,200 officers will face reduction-in-force boards later this year — and more than a few are wondering how the panels work.

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Enlisted force may see cuts in 2012

Enlisted airmen should brace themselves for more cuts in fiscal 2012 if retention stays high — and Air Force officials think that it will.

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New 8th Air Force commander named

A new commander for 8th Air Force was among six general-officer assignments the service announced Friday evening. Brig. Gen. Stephen Wilson will replace Maj. Gen. Floyd Carpenter at 8th Air Force, one of two active-duty numbered air forces in Air … Continue reading

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Short-tour credit will be harder to acquire

Short-tour credit for deployments that last just a few days longer than six months is going to be a thing of the past — and airmen are sounding off about the tougher policy.

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3 general officer moves announced

The commander of a wing operating refueling and reconnaissance missions in the Middle East will now help shape the military’s policy toward the region. Brig. Gen. Edward Minahan, commander of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, has been nominated to become … Continue reading

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Some E-4s do the work of NCOs, lack the status

Senior Airman Benjamin Jones has seven years under his belt. He makes sure more than 25 A-10C Warthogs are maintained and inspected. He oversees four senior airmen and two airmen first class and writes their enlisted performance reviews.

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Air Force ends force-cutting programs early

The Air Force announced Tuesday that it had reached its fiscal 2011 end-strength goal for enlisted airmen, ending early voluntary and involuntary enlisted force-cutting programs.

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Vets experienced, skilled, but still jobless

Eric Smith, a former Navy hospital corpsman who did two tours in Iraq, has a new and unwanted role: poster child for the thousands of young veterans who cannot find work in a troubled economy.

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