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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on July 3rd, 2024
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) - The Air Force and Space Force have completed the annual review of special duty assignment pay for enlisted members and established new guidelines to support a quadrennial SDAP board process. The SDAP board has transitioned to having a board every four years, rather than annually.
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on June 3rd, 2024
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) - The U.S. Air Force released the Fiscal Year 2024 Selective Retention Bonus list, effective Oct. 1. The FY24 SRB program consists of 73 Air Force Specialty Codes, and none were removed from last year's program. If an airman's AFSC is included in the FY24 list,
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on May 28th, 2024
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) - Beginning May 7, airmen and guardians with dependents executing a permanent change of station to a professional military education or training location are now authorized to collect per diem in the amount of the basic allowance for housing without-dependent rate. Airmen and guardians may collect this
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on March 25th, 2024
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) - The Department of the Air Force announced the Key Spouse Program is changing to the Commander's Key Support Program, at the annual major command spouse conference, March 13-15.
The updated program expands opportunities for airmen, guardians, federal employees and family members to contribute to their units, allowing
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on March 11th, 2024
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) - The Department of the Air Force republished its dress and personal appearance instruction to simplify, clarify and amplify many changes for airmen and guardians serving world-wide. The revised DAFI 36-2903, Dress and Personal Appearance of Department of the Air Force Personnel, incorporates policy changes from
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on February 8th, 2024
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) - The Secretary of the Air Force has reimplemented the Voluntary Retired Return to Active Duty Program in an effort to leverage the talents of our highly trained and experienced officer and enlisted military retirees to help minimize the service's critical manning shortages. Application window opens Feb.
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on December 18th, 2023
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) - Chief Master Sgt. David A. Flosi was selected Dec. 11 to be the 20th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, adding a deeply experienced and proven airman to the top echelon of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin's emerging leadership team.
In announcing the selection,
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on November 28th, 2023
The Department of the Air Force has announced that the Air Reserve component has initiated a direct commission and constructive service credit program memo for people interested in serving in the cyber security and cyberspace warfare operations career fields. Brig. Gen. Terrence Adams, deputy principal cyber advisor to the
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on October 9th, 2023
NEW HAVEN, CT - The Department of the Air Force (DAF) has agreed to review the discharges of thousands of veterans affected by post-traumatic stress disorder ("PTSD"), Traumatic Brain Injury ("TBI"), or other mental health conditions, or who experienced sexual assault or sexual harassment. The DAF will also implement administrative
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on September 17th, 2023
In a memorandum released Sept. 8, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., issued a stark warning about a growing threat to national security - the recruitment and exploitation of current and former Air Force members by the People's Liberation Army of China, or PLA.
The memorandum also explains that
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on September 21st, 2017
In the latest move to restore the Air Force's readiness and lethality, senior leaders are taking a closer look at officer performance management with a focus on developing leaders and retaining the talented professionals the service needs.
Over the last year, Headquarters Air Force has conducted research and developed recommendations on
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on September 7th, 2017
Air Force officials announced three additional initiatives designed to enhance mission readiness by keeping pilots in the service and bringing retired pilots back to fill critical-rated positions.
The first is an increase in the aviation incentive pay, commonly called flight pay, for both officer and enlisted aviators for the first time
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on June 29th, 2017
Air Force officials released criteria for the new "V", "C" and "R" devices, following the secretary of Defense's Jan. 7, 2016, authorization.
Following a comprehensive Military Decorations and Awards Review in 2015, the secretary of Defense implemented several changes to ensure the Defense Department's military decoration and awards program continues to
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on May 11th, 2017
Heather Wilson will be the next secretary of the Air Force, following her confirmation by the Senate May 8.
Wilson, who is stepping down from her position as the president of the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology to take the post, is expected to be sworn in within a
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on August 18th, 2016
WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The KC-46A Pegasus program received Milestone C approval from Frank Kendall, the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, signaling the aircraft is ready to enter into production.
Work is now underway to award the first two low-rate initial production lots within the next 30 days.
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on April 14th, 2016
The Air Force released basing criteria, April 12, that will be used to select candidate bases for a potential new MQ-9 Reaper wing with units at up to two locations.
The Air Force is pursuing additional locations to help diversify assignment opportunities for personnel within the MQ-9 enterprise, provide increased opportunities
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on February 11th, 2016
The Air Force presented its fiscal year 2017 president's budget request Feb. 9 following the Defense Department and sister services' budget briefings.
Maj. Gen. Jim Martin, the Air Force budget director, presented the service's budget request and said the fiscal 2017 budget request supports the defense strategy, resources combatant commander requirements,
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on February 5th, 2016
The Boeing Company was awarded a contract Jan. 29 for risk reduction activities for the Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program, which will field the next Air Force One.
This is the first contract the Air Force has awarded for this program. Additional modifications will be made to this contract in the future
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on December 17th, 2015
Eligible active-duty aviators have until Sept. 30 to apply for the fiscal year 2016 Aviator Retention Pay or Critical Skills Retention Bonus programs, Air Force officials announced Dec. 15.
"The cost to train and develop our airmen is a significant investment for the Air Force," said Air Force Chief of Staff
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Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs on July 17th, 2015
The six-month deferment for female airmen to accomplish their fitness assessments following childbirth will be increased to 12 months to align with recent changes to the deployment deferments, Air Force officials announced July 14.
The deployment deferment policy, as part of the Air Force's 2015 Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, increases the
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