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  • Retirement Planner: Special Extra Earnings For Military Service

    Since 1957, if you had military service earnings for active duty (including active duty for training), you paid Social Security taxes on those earnings. Since 1988, inactive duty service in the Armed Forces reserves (such as weekend drills) has also been covered by Social Security.Under certain

  • DOD releases 2015 military pay, compensation rates

    The Defense Department announced the 2015 military pay and compensation rates for service members Dec. 22, with most service members receiving a 1 percent increase in basic pay.The new rates for basic pay, basic allowance for housing (BAH), basic allowance for subsistence (BAS), and the cost of

  • Four 442 FW Airmen selected for 0-6

    Four Reservists from the 442d Fighter Wing were among those selected for colonel according to a release from the Air Reserve Personnel Center.Lt. Col. Moses McConnell, Lt. Col. Peter Wojciechowski, Lt. Col. Anne Yelderman and Lt. Col. Ken Wright were selected for this prominent career milestone."I

  • AFRC Command Chief's holiday message

    Fellow Citizen Airmen,As we close out 2014 and prepare for 2015, I want to personally thank you and your families for the sacrifices you have made in support of our nation's defense. Your loyalty and dedication continue to amaze me. You are the reason we are the world's greatest Air Force.Our Air

  • Pararescueman earns Air Force Cross

    Recognizing extraordinary heroism shown in combat, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James presented the Air Force Cross to an Air Commando during a ceremony here, Dec. 17.Master Sgt. Ivan Ruiz, a pararescueman deployed with the 22nd Expeditionary Special Tactics Squadron, was awarded the U.S.

  • SecAF stresses importance of AFRC and National Guard

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James reflected on her first year as the service's secretary answering questions directly from Airmen all over the world in an online town hall-style forum here Dec 16.The secretary announced the Air Force will not conduct involuntary force management programs

  • Fighter wing sends Christmas presents to its biggest fans

    A lot of Airmen are football fans. And the feeling is mutual.The Kansas City Chiefs request thirteen XXXL T-shirts from the 442d Fighter Wing , which they promised to "wear with pride."Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt expressed his support of the relationship in 2012 by writing, "For more than two

  • Going Green: AF's largest solar array celebrates first anniversary

    December 2014 marks the one-year anniversary of the Air Force's largest operational solar array, located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.The 16.4-megawatt solar farm, built under a 25-year power purchase agreement, was a joint effort between the Air Force Civil Engineer Center,

  • SecAF: ISIL fight requires comprehensive approach

    The air campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is working as part of the ongoing joint effort to disrupt, degrade and destroy the terrorist organization, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said here Dec. 9.Speaking at a conference sponsored by the Center for Strategic and

  • Nominations sought for 2015 American Legion service award

    Air Force officials are accepting nominations for the 2015 American Legion Spirit of Service Award.The award is presented annually to one enlisted member from each military branch. Air Force airmen basic through staff sergeants can be nominated for their outstanding volunteer service performed off