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- DAF releases FY25 Special Duty Assignment Pay tables The Special Duty Assignment Pay board, which has transitioned to meeting every four years, focused on identifying personnel in extremely demanding positions with unusually challenging responsibilities.
- VCSAF emphasizes US, Australian air force collaboration to solve roadblocks to change Gen. Jim Slife spoke about the enduring U.S. Air Force - Royal Australian Air Force relationship at the annual Air Senior National Representatives Forum, a bilateral USAF - RAAF engagement.
- MCA training program launches at Holloman AFB The MCA training program at Holloman AFB has helped train and prepare Airmen for various tasks that contribute to the mission.
- AF Week in Photos This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
- Juneteenth: American celebration of freedom President Joe Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth a national holiday June 17, 2021
- Air Force Reserve supports joint exercise Ivy Mass 2024 The 302nd Airlift Wing participated in a 10-day exercise stressing command and control capabilities in a scenario simulating a large-scale conflict from June 3-13th, at Peterson Space Force Base and Fort Carson, Colorado.
- Allvin adds details, articulates his ‘nonstop’ commitment to ‘reoptimize’ Speaking first at an Air & Space Warfighters in Action session, CSAF said the Air Force has made real and tangible progress instituting elements of a broad strategy to evolve how it develops people, generates readiness, projects power, and develops integrated capabilities.
- Readout of US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin’s counterpart visit with Slovak Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Róbert Tóth U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin hosted Slovak Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Róbert Tóth for an official counterpart visit to reaffirm the close U.S.-Slovakia bilateral defense relationship and explore new opportunities to advance mutual security interests.
- AF Week in Photos This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
- DAF announces 2024 Art Contest winners This year’s judges had the task of evaluating more than 1,500 entries in two adult and three youth categories to determine the best in the Department of the Air Force with impact, creativity and technical expertise.
- Around the Air Force: Drones Help Maintainers, Minuteman III Test Launches, Federal Employee Survey In this week's look around the Air Force, a new drone program scans aircraft to streamline maintenance operations, two test launches of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, and DAF civilians can voice their opinions by taking the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.
- AFMC to expand AcqDemo workforce AFMC is expanding its Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project, with a target date for converting all eligible General Schedule employees by June 2025.
- SecAF, CSAF sign AFMEDCOM PAD, align with key readiness priorities The PAD authorizes the formation of the Air Force Medical Command as a direct reporting unit aligned with the Secretary of the Air Force’s readiness priorities and support capabilities lines of effort.
- Air Force releases technical sergeant promotion cycle statistics The average overall score for those selected was 390.6. Selectees’ average time in grade was 4.92 years and time in service was 9.75 years.
- Ramstein hosts NATO fighter exercise The exercise consisted of 37 aircraft from nine NATO countries, including both pilots and maintainers.
- Department of the Air Force launches NIPRGPT Department of the Air Force chief information officer and the Air Force Research Laboratory is accelerating initiatives to provide the Air Force and Space Force with the ability to responsibly experiment with Generative AI.
- USAFE hosts first basic fighter maneuver exercise at Ramstein AB During the exercise, aviators engaged in a friendly match of basic fighter maneuvers to test their rapid decision-making and precise reactions to adversary maneuvers in a high-pressure, demanding setting – an essential skill for fighter pilots.
- SecAF Kendall visits Bangor ANG Base Kendall met with senior leaders of the 101st ARW along with community leaders from the greater Bangor area.
- Air Force selects 6,914 in technical sergeant promotion cycle; list posts June 13 Air Force officials selected 6,914 staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant out of 35,328 eligible for a selection rate of 19.57% in the 24E6 promotion cycle, which includes supplemental promotion opportunities.
- USAFE-AFAFRICA commemorates sacrifice, legacy of Airmen who supported D-Day at 80th anniversary event The commemorative event took place at a memorial garden in Picauville, France, that marks the location where 20 U.S. service members assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron died when their C-47 Skytrain crashed during air operations supporting the Normandy landings.