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  • PERSCO team member Senior Master Sgt. Nate Tennyson tackles the 823rd Red Horse Squadron's obstacle course Sept. 17 during a week-long Silver Flag exercise at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. Silver Flag provides contingency training where Airmen from various career fields can train and interact in a realistic environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Richard Salomon)

    PERSCO teams hone contingency skills at Silver Flag

    A handful of Airmen have already arrived at their deployment location at Delta Air Base, Republic of Oceanna. It's not your typical Sunday morning. Some scan their checklists to make sure their mobility bags and other essentials are in order, while a few thumb through their Airman's Manuals to bone up on proper chemical

  • Survey responses still needed as Nov. 26 deadline nears

    On Oct. 1, Air Force leaders opened the door for all Airmen to voice their concerns with the launching of the 2008 Air Force Climate Survey. Although that door is still open, it is slowly closing. The survey, which runs through Nov. 26, is designed to assess the opinions and perceptions of the Air Force's active-duty

  • Personnel center adds new mission; helps veterans, VA

    Air Force officials announced an added mission for the Air Force Personnel Center here beginning Oct. 30 to improve the accountability of medical records and aid in the timely processing of veterans' disability claims. Starting with Randolph AFB as the test base, AFPC will collect and then transfer Health Treatment Records

  • Inaugural Air Force Enlisted Force Development Panel meets

    Members of the Air Force Enlisted Force Development Panel, chartered to guide future enlisted force development efforts, recently held their inaugural meeting in Arlington, Va. At the first meeting, panel members discussed ways to use enlisted professional military education as a tool to deliberately develop enlisted

  • Officers, civilians selected for developmental education

    More than 960 officers and 68 civilians were recently selected to attend intermediate, senior and civilian developmental education programs during the academic 2009-2010 year, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced. The Developmental Education Designation Board met Oct. 15 to select line and non-line officers and
  • Captain Stone introduces a team-building exercise to 2nd Lts. Amanda Pelkowski, left, and Crystal Vogt, students in the new course. Lieutenant Pelkowski is stationed at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., and Lieutenant Vogt is assigned to Pope AFB, N.C.

    Keesler launches new course to train force support officers

    The first group of force support officers in a new Air Force Specialty Code began classes Oct. 6 at Keesler Air Force Base. The new 38F AFSC, which becomes official Oct. 31, is a combination of what used to be three separate career fields: personnel, manpower and services. Training was previously conducted at Keesler

  • Service demographics offer snapshot of force

    Air Force Personnel Center officials here recently published a demographics report offering a snapshot of the service's active-duty and civilian force. This data is current as of Sept. 30 and can also be found at  Air Force Demographics. Statistics are rounded to the nearest tenth. Active-duty demographics: Snapshot of the

  • AF raising awareness of programs for people with disabilities

    October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and the Air Force wants to ensure every Airman is aware of its ongoing efforts to support people with disabilities. "The Air Force hopes to increase awareness, promote opportunities for employment candidates with disabilities, and become the model equal opportunity

  • One of the top personnel officers Spreads the Word

    The Air Force Personnel Center sent a team of experts here Oct. 8, launching a global Spread the Word campaign to educate Airmen about new and changing personnel and deployment programs. As part of the two-day long Spread the Word visit, Maj. Gen. K.C. McClain, AFPC commander, visited with U.S. Pacific Command and Pacific

  • Special leave accrual available for deployed, nondeployed members in ‘use or lose’ status

    Airmen who were recalled from or unable to take annual leave this past year for reasons such as support for contingency operations may be allowed to accumulate more than 75 days at the end of a fiscal year. Special leave accrual applies when deployments or assignments to designated operational missions at the national level
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