Sept. 27, 2016 Competitive career opportunities exist via officer crossflow program One of today’s opportunities for officers to broaden career options comes from the nonrated line officer crossflow program, which currently has openings for officers on active duty in certain career fields to volunteer for retraining into undermanned career fields. The program is designed to
Sept. 21, 2016 Ten AF captains selected for Inter-American Squadron Officer School Ten captains have been selected to attend the 2017 Inter-American Squadron Officer School at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, in fiscal year 2017. Selected to attend are Captains Ruben Adornorodriguez, Ricardo Basora-Rovira, Edward Camacho, Nathan Elowe,
Sept. 16, 2016 Missing pilot’s remains bring sister closure after 51 years Maj. Dean Klenda, an F-105 pilot, went to Vietnam in 1965. He never returned. His sister, Deanna, has been searching for answers ever since. Last year, she got them, and his remains are finally coming home. On Sept. 17, Maj. Klenda will be laid to rest, 51 years to the day from when his aircraft was
Sept. 9, 2016 Air Force selects six captains for prestigious doctorate program The Air Force has chosen six captains for the 2017 Chief of Staff of the Air Force Captains Prestigious Ph.D. Program as a result of a recent selection board. The program exposes rising officers to a unique learning experience at top-tier universities. The captains will obtain doctorate degrees in
Aug. 30, 2016 Updated EPME reenlistment, promotion eligibility policy takes effect in January The Air Force’s updated reenlistment and promotion eligibility policy, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2017, requires Airmen to complete their enlisted professional military education distance learning course within 12 months of the date they are notified by Air Force Personnel Center or
Aug. 29, 2016 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
Aug. 19, 2016 AFPC Assignments team visits Cannon Air Force Personnel Center career development professionals visited Cannon July 8-10 to share helpful information pertaining to assignments. The team hosted multiple briefings as well as one-on-one appointments to answer questions and speak about unique situations. “These events are very career
Aug. 17, 2016 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
Aug. 11, 2016 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
Aug. 4, 2016 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