8 Dec 2019

Veterans with Veteran Health ID Card can shop at Military Exchange starting Jan. 1

The Defense Department has expanded commissary and Military Service Exchange access.

25 Nov 2019

Air Force releases 2019 chief master sergeant promotion cycle statistics

This was the first senior noncommissioned officer promotion cycle in which the promotion board focused strictly on performance as the Air Force eliminated the requirements for promotion testing and points for decorations this past January.

21 Nov 2019

An introduction – Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett

Barbara M. Barrett is a lawyer, a rancher and instrument-rated pilot with a long history of corporate and federal service, including serving as ambassador to Finland and in senior positions with the Federal Aviation Administration and Civil Aeronautics Board. Before she was 30, she was an executive with two global Fortune 500 companies.

19 Nov 2019

Changes to TSP coming in December

The traditional login method, with a member’s username/account number and password, is enhanced by adding a one-time verification code members receive through email and/or text message each time the account is accessed.

14 Nov 2019

First Air Force Hypersonics Pitch Day

(Photos) The Armament Directorate and the Air Force Research Laboratory host the first-ever Air Force Hypersonics Pitch Day. The purpose of Air Force “pitch days” is to do business at the speed of ideas by inspiring and accelerating startup and small business creativity toward answering national security challenges.

8 Nov 2019

AFIMSC announces topics for I-WEPTAC 2020

The topics have been selected and the chairpersons will be on board this month. What remains is determining who will fill the ranks of the four Mission Area Working Groups charged with tackling some of the Air Force’s biggest Agile Combat Support challenges at the 4th Annual Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference in April 2020.

6 Nov 2019

Big wins for small business expected at Air Force Space Pitch Day

During Air Force Space Pitch Day, small businesses and startups pitch to a specific Air Force space mission set in hopes of scoring a contract with the Air Force.

5 Nov 2019

Air Force tests plasma reactor to degrade, destroy PFOS, PFOA

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Civilian researchers completed a two-week field demonstration here using an innovative plasma technology to degrade and destroy perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid, known as PFOS and PFOA, in groundwater.This was the first field demonstration of the Enhanced Contact Plasma Reactor, conducted

2 Nov 2019

Barrett publicly sworn in as secretary of the Air Force

David Norquist, deputy secretary of defense, conducted the public swearing-in, which preceded Barrett’s first formal remarks since becoming the secretary. Barrett said her highest priority is protecting – and prolonging – the Air Force’s unrivaled excellence.

30 Oct 2019

Air Force announces NCO Career Status Program for Airmen with 12 years of service

The change will eliminate the need for Airmen who have 12 or more years of service to continue to reenlist by aligning their separation dates with their high year of tenure dates.