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  • AF opens enlisted RPA pilot program to all AFSCs

    Using a phased-application approach, Air Force senior leaders are casting a wider net to ensure more active-duty enlisted Airmen are eligible to apply for the service’s RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft program, a Pentagon official said Aug. 29. The program expands the eligibility pool from

  • Air Force selects 16,506 for promotion to staff sergeant

    The Air Force has selected 16,506 senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant of the 39,064 eligible. The overall selection rate was 42.25 percent, with an average selectee overall score of 360.88. Officials selected 2,318 Airmen with a Promote Now recommendation for 14.04 percent of the total

  • Air Force STEM scholarships available to college students

    Eric Wineman completed both his undergraduate and master’s degrees with no student loan debt and now works for the Air Force as an electronics engineer, courtesy of the Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship for Service Program. Part of the National Defense Education

  • Vanguard Award nomination window open through January

    The Air Force Personnel Center is now accepting nominations for the 2017 Vanguard Award through Jan. 25. The Non Commissioned Officers Association annually sponsors the award to recognize one enlisted member from each branch of service for a heroic act, on or off duty, which results in saving

  • RPA pilots set to receive $35,000 annual bonus

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James announced an increase to the service’s remotely piloted aircraft pilot bonus Aug. 10 in a multi-pronged approach to increase RPA manning and incentivize RPA pilots within a community that has operated at surge capacity for more than 10 years. As part of the

  • AFPC launches new website

    The Air Force Personnel Center officially unveils the newest version of its public website, http://www.afpc.af.mil, today.   The site contains personnel news and information for current and former Airmen and civilians.  Air Force fitness policy and the dress and appearance pages are the most popular

  • Leader training on Blended Retirement System available via mobile app

    The new Blended Retirement System is a hot topic of conversation across the Department of Defense, and most total force members have questions on how it will work and who is eligible.The online BRS leader course released in June is designed to educate leaders on the new retirement system. The

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