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  • Special duty assignment pay now available for EOD Airmen

    Air Force officials recently approved special duty assignment pay for most Airmen in the explosive ordnance disposal career field. Since 2002, the overall retention rates for EOD Airmen has declined by 30 percent because of high operations tempo and the inherent dangers involved in this demanding

  • Officer volunteers wanted for UAS

    Air Force officers are currently being sought to volunteer for unmanned aircraft system operators. Applications are due to Air Force Personnel Center no later than Nov. 3. The first ten officers selected will start UAS operator training in January 2009, and another ten will begin training in April

  • AF announces selection process for deputy support group commanders

    Air Force Personnel Center Officials recently released the selection process and eligibility requirements for officers interested in calendar year 2009 mission support group deputy commander positions. Following the Air Force chief of staff's force development construct, officers will be matched to

  • AFPC Spread the Word team launches global tour

    The Air Force Personnel Center commander, Maj. Gen. K.C. McClain, will kick off an Air Force-wide "Spread the Word" briefing tour at Oct. 7 and 8 at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. "AFPC is evolving to provide personnel services in new formats through new programs, and we want to communicate these

  • AFPC completes undefeated softball season with championship

    Falling behind by five runs in Wednesday's intramural championship game represented clear and present danger for an Air Force Personnel Center softball team trying to complete a rare, undefeated season. "Some people on our team got a little tight at that point, I think, but we ended up just going

  • AEF move to AFPC now complete

    The Air Force took another step forward in the merging of deployment and personnel processes Sept. 26 with a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony designating full operational capability for the Air and Space Expeditionary Force and Personnel Operations Directorate at the Air Force Personnel Center here.

  • Bystander intervention vital in preventing sexual assault

    Airmen who attended the annually-required Sexual Assault Prevention and Response training this year received a refresher on the basic tenets of what sexual assault is, how to identify it, and how to properly report incidents. To enhance the annual training, the Air Force is developing a bystander

  • Air Force announces team excellence awards

    Air Force officials have announced the five teams selected for the 2008 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Awards. The awards recognize teams that used a systematic approach to enhance mission capability, improve operational performance, and create sustained results. Improvements made by the five award