Sept. 15, 2014 Air Force announces basing criteria for Installation and Mission Support Center Headquarters The Air Force released the criteria it will use to select candidate bases for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Headquarters Sept. 15, 2014.The Air Force will use its strategic basing process to identify a location that best serves the mission of AFIMSC.The Secretary and Chief of
Sept. 11, 2014 Air Force revamps AEF The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a
Sept. 8, 2014 Wolfenbarger notified of Order of the Sword induction In an emotional ceremony Sep. 3, Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, learned she has been selected for induction into the AFMC Order of the Sword.The surprise notification was made in front of hundreds of Airmen from Wright-Patterson as well as senior leaders from
Aug. 22, 2014 SecAF makes first visit to Robins Air Force Base Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Aug. 21-22 to get an up close look at the installation's diverse and dynamic missions.During the secretary's first visit to the installation, she spent two days touring several areas of Georgia's largest industrial
Aug. 18, 2014 Service members receiving RAND Military Workplace Survey About 580,000 service members have begun receiving e-mails or letters inviting them to participate in the first RAND Military Workplace Study, Defense Department officials said.Active and reserve component members in all military branches and the Coast Guard are being invited to participate. "The
Aug. 7, 2014 Air Force to activate Provisional Installation and Mission Support Center, names commander Air Force officials announced Aug. 7 the activation of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (Provisional) at Joint Base Andrews, Md., and named Maj. Gen. Theresa Carter as its provisional commander. The provisional center will activate Aug. 8. AFIMSC will align as a center under Air
July 31, 2014 Air Force to change enlisted evaluations, promotions Air Force officials announced a series of sweeping changes to the Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System July 31.The changes are intended to ensure the Air Force truly makes job performance the driving factor and will be implemented incrementally beginning in August 2014 and
July 31, 2014 Strategic agility is the future of the Air Force As the Air Force prepares for new challenges and opportunities of the coming decades, it faces sobering 21st-century realities: global centers of power have become more distributed and the terrorism threat more dispersed. Most importantly, the emerging environment is demonstrating a trend that could
July 30, 2014 AFMC wins Air Force Small Business top command awards Air Force Director of Small Business Programs Mark Teskey presented Air Force Materiel Command winners with the 2013 Secretary of the Air Force Annual Small Business Awards during a July 24 visit to the headquarters here. The Secretary of the Air Force Annual Small Business Awards Program recognizes