Feb. 27, 2009 Air Force looking for military training instructors Few other figures in the Air Force exemplify leadership more than the military training instructor and more are needed to help meet short- and long-term manning goals. Because of the demands of increasing end strength, the Air Force needs to bring in about 220 additional MTIs. The Air Force will
Feb. 20, 2009 AF officials announce officer promotions to colonel, lieutenant colonel and major Air Force officials here have selected 84 lieutenant colonels, 164 majors, and 326 captains in the medical and dental corps for promotion Feb. 19. The entire list can be found on the Air Force Personnel Center's Web page. The boards considered 531 lieutenant colonels, 568 majors and 335 captains for
Feb. 19, 2009 Civilian job announcements changed to help managers, applicants Air Force Personnel Center officials recently changed how civilian job announcements are listed to improve the civilian hiring process. "AFPC is improving our civilian hiring process and reducing the time it takes to fill civilian position vacancies. Changing the way we list our civilian job
Feb. 18, 2009 Additional career enlisted aviator positions open for retraining The Air Force recently added 20 openings for first term Airmen to retrain into the Airborne Mission Systems (1A3XX) and Airborne Operations (1A4XX) specialties. First-term Airmen interested in retraining into the flight engineer specialty will also find more than 30 positions available in the
Feb. 13, 2009 Coming Feb. 22, single 800 number for all Airmen Members of the Total Force - regular Air Force, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, civilian and retired Airmen - are on line to have one central phone number for help with their personnel questions starting at 5 p.m. Central Standard Time Feb. 22. Members of the Air Force community should call
Feb. 12, 2009 Air Force officials reinstate Good Conduct Medal Air Force officials have announced the reinstatment of the Good Conduct Medal for exemplary service by enlisted Airmen, here Feb. 11. Reinstatement of the medal is effective Feb. 11, officials said. The Air Force Uniform Board announced on Feb. 6, 2006, that the Good Conduct Medal would no longer be
Feb. 11, 2009 Application deadline set for advanced academic degree, special experience exchange programs Officers considering advanced academic degree and experience broadening programs in 2010 have until April 30 to apply. Officers in space/missiles operations, intelligence, weather, logistics, program management, developmental engineering, communications and information, public affairs, personnel and
Feb. 9, 2009 31 Airmen selected for Tops in Blue team Thirty-one Airmen were recently chosen for the world-renowned Tops in Blue team for 2009. For 10 days, 80 Air Force singers, dancers, musicians and comedians competed for the Tops in Blue slots during January's Air Force Worldwide Talent Contest at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. After completing a
Jan. 30, 2009 New civilian recruitment toolkit markets to military spouses, external candidates Often, finding the right person for the right job isn't an easy task. With a significant increase in new Air Force civilian hiring due to contractor conversions, joint basing and end strength growth, the need to market job opportunities also increases. To help bases better market civilian job
Jan. 28, 2009 13 Airmen take Worldwide Talent Search honors Representing bases from around the globe, 77 Airmen gathered for the Air Force Worldwide Talent Search Jan. 11-19 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, to compete for the honor of being named the Air Force's "top talent." The winners were selected after 10 days of auditions, rehearsals and interviews,