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  • The 2009A Line of the Air Force, Biomedical Science Corps, and Nurse Corps central selection boards recently selected 466 lieutenant colonels, 92 majors and 271 captains for promotion. The boards considered 4,156 lieutenant colonels, 729 majors and 407 captains for promotion.

    AF officials announce officer selections

    The 2009A Line of the Air Force, Biomedical Science Corps, and Nurse Corps central selection boards recently selected 466 lieutenant colonels, 92 majors and 271 captains for promotion. The boards considered 4,156 lieutenant colonels, 729 majors and 407 captains for promotion. The results of the boards are as follows:
  • Airmen now have another way to be recognized for their hard work both on and off the job. Nominations for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math awards from the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award Conference are open to all ranks and are due June 26.

    Nominations sought for Hispanic STEM award

    Airmen now have another way to be recognized for their hard work both on and off the job. Nominations for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math awards from the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award Conference are open to all ranks and are due June 26. The HENAAC STEM awards recognize individuals in ten
  • New policy, released in March, streamlines redundant and outdated ancillary training programs and aligns expeditionary skills training with warfighter requirements. However, Air Force leaders recently addressed the time requirement to complete ancillary training, after discovering a common misperception existed among Airmen that all ancillary training can be accomplished in 90 minutes.

    Streamlined ancillary, expeditionary skills training eliminates redundancy

    New policy, released in March, streamlines redundant and outdated ancillary training programs and aligns expeditionary skills training with warfighter requirements. However, Air Force leaders recently addressed the time requirement to complete ancillary training, after discovering a common misperception existed among Airmen

  • PCS policy changes promote stability, quality of life

    Air Force officials have modified two permanent change of station policies to give Airmen more flexible assignment options and better force development opportunities. The time on station requirement for government funded join-spouse assignments, where the Air Force assigns military couples (when possible) to a location
  • Mac Baker, a senior centrifuge technician at Brooks City-Base, Texas, demonstrates to Harmony Science Academy students the proper procedures for hooking test pilots up to a centrifuge canopy. Centrifuge training runs test the ability of pilots to perform anti-G straining maneuvers while under extreme stress. (U.S. Air Force photo/Richard Salomon)

    Texas students to get taste of Air Force science, engineering

    Air Force Personnel Center officials here are looking to whet the appetites of young science, math and engineering students, so that they might later seek "blue chip" career paths, hopefully Air Force blue. Toward this end, AFPC's science and engineering career field management team have partnered with the Harmony Science

  • Special Duty Assignment Pay increase approved for MTIs

    Pentagon officials recently revised Special Duty Assignment Pay for Military Training Instructors. The revision, effective June 1, increases SDAP levels for MTIs. According to officials, Air Force Basic Military Training has faced a shortage of MTIs since 2007. To incentivize MTI recruitment and retention, Lt. Gen. Richard

  • Air Force officials release technical sergeant selection statistics

    Air Force officials selected 7,724 of 37,172 eligible staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant for a selection rate of 20.78 percent. The average score for those selected was 319.69, with an average time in grade and time in service of 5.68 and 10.85 years respectively. The average score was based on the

  • AFPC officials seek GEICO award nominations

    Air Force Personnel Center officials here are seeking nominations for the 2009 Government Employees Insurance Company's Military Service Awards.The annual GEICO awards recognize enlisted servicemembers from all military service branches, Guard and Reserve for their contributions to military and civilian communities. Awards

  • Air Force looks to colleges, universities for civilian employees

    As the Air Force seeks the best and brightest talent for its civilian workforce, officials continue to actively recruit students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The Student Career Experience Program, or SCEP, allows qualified college students to apply at participating state and federal agencies for
  • 1st Lt. Sarah Flackus from Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho stands with her husband, 2nd Lt. Adam Flackus, and the Executive Director of the Air Force Personnel Center, Sheila Earle, following the Department of Defense Meritorious Service Awards banquet in May. (Courtesy photo - Photo cleared for release by AFPC/PA)

    Airman honored for ambassadorship, volunteerism

    For her efforts in founding the Iraqi Kids Outreach program, a first lieutenant from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, recently received honors during the annual Department of Defense Meritorious Service Awards banquet in San Antonio. The 366th Services Squadron's 1st Lt. Sarah Flackus was the Air Force recipient of the
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