May 19, 2021 Scobee highlights Reserve contributions during Senate hearing Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve, and his counterparts from the Marines, Army, Navy and National Guard testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Defense during a hearing May 18.
May 18, 2021 442d Reservist is first Total Force Airman to pass CPI Black Belt equivalency exam Staff Sgt. Denis Silva, an officer trainee with the 442d Civil Engineer Squadron, is the first member in the Air Force to pass the Continuous Process Improvement Black-Belt-Equivalency exam.
May 17, 2021 Reserve, active duty accelerate readiness with A-10 integration exercise Total Force aircrews from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas integrated with combat forces to expand multi-capable Airmen skills, May 11-13, 2021, at a local airport near Salina, Kansas.
May 13, 2021 Two A-10C Thunderbolt II jet engine mechanics assist NASCAR’s Kansas Speedway Weather in the Midwest is unpredictable and even the slightest accumulation of moisture on the track can pose a major risk to NASCAR drivers on race day. To combat unwanted moisture, the racetrack is cured with a dryer attached to the bed of a truck that blasts hot air via jet engines straight onto
April 28, 2021 Two A-10C Thunderbolt IIs to fly over Kansas Speedway for the first race of the 2021 season U.S. Air Force Reserve A-10 pilots from the 303rd Fighter Squadron are scheduled to fly a 2-ship of A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft over the Kansas Speedway for the first race of the 2021 season. The NASCAR Cup Series flyover will happen at approximately 2:00 p.m. CST on May 2. The flyover will
April 27, 2021 10th Air Force holds annual commanders and command chiefs conference Senior leaders from around 10th Air Force converged on Fort Worth, Texas, to attend a conference specifically for commanders and command chiefs, April 20-23, 2021.
April 26, 2021 IG Disparity Review survey deadline extended The survey is part of the second ongoing Inspector General Disparity Review which expands its focus to gender and ethnicity, including Hispanics, Latinos, Asians, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
April 26, 2021 Department of the Air Force creates two new barrier analysis working groups for LGBTQ, Indigenous Nation members The establishment of these two teams builds on the successes of the Department of the Air Force’s other teams and allows the Department of the Air Force to identify and address the issues impacting diversity and inclusion for Airmen and Guardians.
April 22, 2021 Air Force rewrites basic doctrine, focuses on mission command, airpower evolution Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. recently signed perhaps the most sweeping change of Air Force basic doctrine in the service’s history, marking a major milestone in the service’s strategic approach to “Accelerate Change or Lose.”
April 20, 2021 DAF continues implementation efforts for CUI Department of the Air Force personnel were already well versed with the necessity of protecting mission-critical unclassified information, but the release of the DoDI brought about additional responsibilities, procedures and dissemination controls that warranted the development of new approaches to