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  • New era in food service coming to Air Force bases

    The Air Force has been meeting the dining needs of Airmen and their families for more than 60 years through dining facilities, clubs and snack bars. To reflect changing times, a new look and feel is coming to the Air Force dining experience at select bases, mirroring a college "community commons."

  • Eglin salutes the Year of the Air Force Family

    Supervisors, co-workers and friends come and go, but family is forever. This is the underlying theme in the coming months as Eglin leaders will focus on the meaning, needs and strengths of the Air Force family during the Year of the Air Force Family. YoAFF began in July and lasts to July 2010.

  • Change in post-deployment stabilization promotes predictability, equality

    The recent deployment deferment policy change institutionalizes an equitable deferment period of six months for Airmen completing 365-day indeterminate TDYs or unaccompanied, short tour permanent change of station.  Prior to the release of the new Air Force Instruction 36-2110, which formalized the

  • Air Force teams earn gold medals at Armed Forces softball championships

    The Air Force men's and women's softball teams earned gold medals at the Armed Forces Slow-Pitch Softball Championships Sept. 25 at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. The Air Force women's team went 6-3 during the tournament and won their third Armed Forces title in three years. They finished the

  • Reserve, retired rated officers given active-duty opportunity

    ­The secretary of the Air Force has initiated two voluntary recall to active duty programs and expanded the number of eligible Air Force specialties for an existing one to help minimize the service's critical shortage of rated officers."The rapid expansion of unmanned aircraft systems as well as

  • AFSVA announces 2009 Air Force Club Membership scholarship winners

    Twenty-five individuals were recently selected to receive $1,000 scholarships through the Air Force Services Club Membership Scholarship Program. Club members and their families were given the opportunity to submit a 500-word essay on "The High Cost of Freedom." A total of 154 entries were submitted

  • Permissive PCS policy discontinued

    Air Force officials have announced a recent change to the permissive PCS policy. The permissive permanent change of station program will be discontinued. However, other policies have changed lifting restrictions from the join spouse and base-of-preference programs.  "For years we have allowed our

  • Assignment deferment extended for births, adoptions

    Recent modifications to the post-birth and post-adoption assignment deferment policy will increase the time a parent can delay reporting to certain assignments, re-emphasizing the Air Force's commitment of taking care of its people.Birth mothers and adoptive families now have a six month deferment

  • Video clarifies officer promotion board procedures

    Personnel officials here will release an online video in early October offering Air Force officers a comprehensive look at the complete promotion selection board process.The officer promotion selection board video provides a look into how a selection board is conducted, from the date the board

  • 'My Biz' offers training records updating for civilians

    A new tab in "My Biz" allows civilian employees to update their completed training through the self-service module in the Defense Civilian Personnel Data System. Employees and their supervisors can view and print satisfactorily completed training and professional military education from within My