Jan. 25, 2010 AF officials return high year tenure rates to previous lengths High year of tenure rates for most enlisted personnel will return to their previous time lengths, Air Force officials announced recently.The revised policy means senior airmen, for example, can serve up to 10 years of total active federal military service instead of 12 years.High year of tenure is
Jan. 13, 2010 Airmen transition into new fitness program As Airmen begin transitioning into the new testing cycle this month, officials worked to publish the new Air Force instruction to the Air Force Publications Web site Jan. 12, with an effective date of July 1.Air Force officials unveiled the new fitness program in August while still completing a
Dec. 9, 2009 Promotion to E-8 to require resident SNCOA Completion of the resident Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy or a sister service equivalent becomes a requirement for promotion to senior master sergeant effective Jan. 1, Air Force officials announced today as part of a policy change.The change in the professional military education
Nov. 25, 2009 Wounded warrior program continues assisting Airmen and their families Air Force leaders remain committed to the service's top investments: Airmen and their families. In support of a Defense Department initiative to return wounded warriors to productive military service or civilian life, Air Force officials here have revised several personnel policies. These policies
Nov. 20, 2009 Football Frenzy winners to attend NFL game Four members of Air Force clubs are the winners of a trip to attend a regular season NFL game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New York Jets in Tampa, Fla., Dec. 13.The club members were drawn from more than 7,000 entries received during the first nine weeks of the Air Force Services
Oct. 27, 2009 Officials to announce chief master sergeant selections Air Force officials selected 475 of 2,276 eligible senior master sergeants for promotion to chief master sergeant for a selection rate of 20.87 percent. The average score for those selected was 662.78, with an average time in grade of 3.40 and time in service of 23.23 years, respectively, and 24.49
Oct. 19, 2009 Football Frenzy winners to attend NFL game Four members of Air Force clubs are the winners of a trip to attend a regular season NFL game between the Carolina Panthers and the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Ariz., Nov. 1.The club members were drawn from nearly 3,000 entries received during the first six weeks of the Air Force Services
Sept. 24, 2009 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
Aug. 20, 2009 Air Force unveils new fitness program Approval of the new Air Force fitness instruction in the coming weeks brings about some of the most significant changes to the Air Force fitness program in the last five years and shifts a greater responsibility of maintaining physical fitness 365 days a year to all Airmen. Those changes take effect
Aug. 12, 2009 Air Force officials release staff sergeant selection statistics Air Force officials selected 15,223 of 30,574 eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection rate of 49.79 percent. The average score for those selected was 275.81, with an average time in grade and time in service of 2.09 and 4.69 years, respectively. The average score was