Aug. 2, 2020 Air Force removes administrative burden, allows pregnant, postpartum women to attend PME Pregnant and postpartum members may now attend professional military education without an exception to policy, and are also exempt from the requirement to have a passing fitness assessment prior to attending.
July 31, 2020 Department of the Air Force stands up Task Force to combat interpersonal violence Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett appointed Brig. Gen. April Vogel, the director for manpower, personnel, recruiting and services at the National Guard Bureau, to lead the task force, which will support members of the Air Force and Space Force.
July 29, 2020 Department of the Air Force honors former Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson During the ceremony, Barrett recognized Wilson for her service and achievements as the Air Force’s highest-ranking civilian leader.
July 27, 2020 Wilson becomes longest serving Vice Chief in history: analyzing, innovating, succeeding along way The record is worth noting now, when, by punching in for work July 26, Wilson began his fifth year in the job, thus becoming the longest serving Vice Chief of Staff in Air Force history.
July 23, 2020 New program expedites technical training This new program would send Airmen to their duty station after graduating basic military training instead of attending a technical training school.
July 23, 2020 Name, rank, service and badges will be more identifiable on OCP OCP rank insignia, badges, name, and service tapes will now feature a lighter, three-color background pattern, versus the current seven-color pattern, to increase readability and ease rank recognition.
July 21, 2020 Department of the Air Force introduces Arctic Strategy The strategy outlines the Department’s unique regional role and efforts to optimize Air and Space Force capabilities throughout the region in support of the National Defense Strategy.
July 20, 2020 Air Force announces 12 Outstanding Airmen of 2020 An Air Force selection board at the Air Force’s Personnel Center considered 36 nominees who represented major commands, direct reporting units, field operating agencies and Headquarters Air Force.
July 13, 2020 DAF awards contract for first lot of F-15EX fighter aircraft The contract, awarded to Boeing, provides for the design, development, integration, manufacturing, test, verification, certification, delivery, sustainment and modification of F-15EX aircraft, including spares, support equipment, training materials, technical data and technical support.
July 8, 2020 DoD launches effort to collect 8,000 units of COVID-19 convalescent plasma The Defense Department has begun an effort to collect 8,000 donated units of plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 to support the development of an effective treatment against the disease.