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  • Caring for the community

    Approximately 100 Team Minot Airmen dedicated time on Thanksgiving Day to show their appreciation to nearly 200 senior citizens from the Minot community during the 44th annual Day of Love event. As part of the occasion, Airmen volunteer to help serve food and spend time with the invitees. The event

  • Scholarships for Military Children program opens Dec. 3

    Applications for the 2014 Scholarships for Military Children Program become available Dec. 3 at commissaries worldwide and online at http://www.militaryscholar.org.Applications must be submitted to the nearest commissary by close of business Feb. 28, 2014. Packages must be hand-delivered or shipped

  • AFGSC chief makes final visit to Malmstrom

    Chief Master Sgt. Brian Hornback, Air Force Global Strike Command chief, flew into Great Falls, Mont., on Nov. 20 for a two-day tour of Malmstrom Air Force Base - his final tour of the missile base before he retires in February.During his visit, Hornback visited various areas across the base,

  • An Air Force family Thanksgiving

    With smells of home cooked food and the sounds of laughter and conversation, Airmen enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal together at the Chapel 2 Annex, Nov. 28.The Thanksgiving meal was put together by the First Sergeants Council with the help of Barksdale's leadership and private organizations."I tapped

  • Air Force specialties affected by retraining reduction

    As many as 1,000 Airmen may be affected by a recently identified decrease in fiscal 2014 retraining objectives, with 35 or more Air Force specialty codes removed from the retraining-in list, Air Force officials said Nov. 26.Retraining is used to shape and balance the force by offering Airmen in

  • AF implements new personnel policies as it prepares to get smaller

    The Air Force will implement new personnel policies to posture for future force management programs as it prepares to become smaller, officials announced today.In the absence of Congressional direction to mitigate the impact of sequestration, the Air Force must proceed with changes to personnel

  • 45 AFSCs removed from SRB list as AF gets leaner, smaller

    Forty-five AFSCs will no longer be eligible for the selective reenlistment bonus effective Dec. 5 with the advent of the new selective reenlistment bonus list, Air Force officials announced Nov. 26.SRB eligibility changes posture the Air Force for a smaller force driven by sequestration, said Brig.

  • Air Force focuses on nuclear security, operations

    The Air Force's nuclear mission continues to have the attention of leaders across the discipline, the Air Force chief of staff said here yesterday.Gen. Mark A. Welsh III categorically stated that he is not worried about the surety and security or the operational capability of the Air Force's nuclear

  • Farewell Q&A with AFGSC command chief

    The command chief of Air Force Global Strike Command visited Whiteman Nov. 14 to 16 to share his 28 years of experience and expertise with fellow Airmen one final time as a command chief.Chief Master Sgt. Brian Hornback, an aircraft maintainer by trade who joined the Air Force in 1985 and plans to

  • A taste of Air Power

    A decorated combat veteran who has commanded troops in two theaters gained a new perspective on the battlefield this week from the cockpit of a B-52H Stratofortress.Army Brig. Gen. William B. Hickman, Commander of the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, La., flew from Barksdale Nov. 14 in