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  • Exercises send global messages: Deter and assure

    Throughout 2013, members of the "Mighty Deuce" successfully completed 11 base exercises, four scheduled inspections and two no-notice inspections in order to provide a combat ready force and meet the Air Force Global Strike Command vision of, "American Airmen with special trust and responsibility

  • AF officials announce FY14 civilian workforce shaping

    The Air Force will reduce the size of its civilian workforce by about 900 positions in addition to maintaining approximately 7,000 vacancies across the force to meet the demands of a constrained fiscal 2014 budget, officials announced. Specific reductions by location have not been determined.The Air

  • AF to convene CMSgt retention board in June

    The Air Force will convene a chief master sergeant retention board in June to select chief master sergeants for retirement no later than Nov. 1, 2014, officials announced today.The fiscal 2014 Chief Master Sergeant Retention Program is one of several force management programs slated to be

  • AF announces additional force management programs to reduce force size

    Air Force leaders announced force management programs Dec. 11 designed to reduce the force by thousands of Airmen over the next five years as a result of sequestration.Fiscal 2014 force management initiatives are in addition to the announcement made in July, stating the Air Force will implement

  • FY14 force management to include senior NCO retention board

    Plans are underway to convene a June senior NCO retention board to consider eligible master sergeants and senior master sergeants for retirement, officials announced Dec. 12.The board is one of several fiscal 2014 force management measures that have been or will be implemented to transition toward a

  • CGO immersion tour at MAF broadens horizons, perspectives

    A group of 10 company grade officers from various career fields of F.E. Warren participated in an immersion tour of the 90th Operations Group Dec. 9. The tour included a pre-departure briefing in the operations building, a tour of the building and a visit to the Kilo-1 missile alert facility and

  • Special duties provide NCOs with new experiences, advance careers

    Two Barksdale Airmen recently found out they were selected out of 1,000 NCOs across the Air Force for special duties.When Tech. Sgt. Shanera Ruth found out she was selected to become a Basic Military Training Instructor, she was excited and nervous at the same time."I was excited because this is

  • Airman's past inspires excellence

    While many Airmen end up joining the U.S. Air Force for educational benefits, few start their journey "into the blue" from as far away as a war torn West African nation.Airman 1st Class Tamba Benjamin-Pabie, 2nd Comptroller Squadron, was born in Liberia during a period of civil war between the