RESOURCES

Retirement Benefits and Pay

Manage your retired pay, update account info, and access tax documents.
DFAS Retired Pay
Information for reservists who have retired but are not yet receiving retired pay.
Gray Area Retirees
Provides income protection for eligible survivors after a retiree’s death.
Survivor Benefit Plan

Health Care and Insurance

Explore TRICARE Prime, Select, and TRICARE for Life options for retirees.
TRICARE
Learn about eligibility and enrollment for VA medical services.
VA Health Care

Records and Legal Support

Request corrections to your military records through the official board process.
BCMR

Transition and Employment

Use benefit calculators and explore retirement planning tools tailored to your location.
myAirForceBenefits
Prepare for civilian life with employment, education, and transition support services.
TAP Program

News and Community

Read the official newsletter for Air Force retirees with updates and announcements.
Afterburner
Connect with the AAFES retiree community for scholarships, support, and news.
AAFES Association

RETIREE NEWS

  • Managing Mental Health over the Holidays

    Holidays are a time when families come together to eat good food and spend quality time. They also can be a time of stress whether you are worried about having enough money, hosting the largest family get-together of the year, or traveling long distances.According to the Centers for Disease Control

  • TRICARE expands coverage online for Malmstrom patients

    Recently, patients at the Malmstrom Clinic have been able to take care of their medical needs by using TRICARE Online, which is a patient-focused portal that provides access to online health care information and services including appointments, personal health data and prescription refills.When it

  • TRICARE continues to expand coverage

    Effective in early December, TRICARE will expand coverage to include the care and treatment of beneficiaries requiring an auditory osseointegrated implant (AOI) to non-active-duty family members, and we will also cover the services and supplies needed to diagnose and treat illness or injury of the

  • Revised TRICARE Pharmacy Network Begins Dec. 1

    Walgreens pharmacies join the TRICARE retail pharmacy network on Dec. 1, 2016. CVS pharmacies, including those in Target stores, will leave the network on the same day. The revised network will have more than 57,000 locations, and still ensures timely access to retail pharmacies for TRICARE

  • TRICARE and the Affordable Care Act

    With the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, TRICARE beneficiaries have had questions about how it will affect them. The ACA and TRICARE are very different, governed by two different pieces of legislation so changes in one have no effect on the other. The

  • Protect Your Personal Information

    Don’t wait for fraud against TRICARE beneficiaries to be in the news.  Always protect your personal information!  Whether you’re active duty or retired, don’t share your  uniformed service identification card, or personal or family information with  someone you don’t know. Protecting your personal

  • Open Enrollment and the Health Insurance Marketplace

    It’s the time of year when people can enroll in or change their health insurance plan. The open enrollment period for HealthCare.gov is November 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017 for 2017 coverage.  How does this affect you? Most TRICARE beneficiaries don’t need to worry about open enrollment. However,

  • Veterans; America’s true melting pot

    Carl Johnson’s life matters. Johnson, a veteran now living in Virginia, was the last Tuskegee Airman to graduate from the famed school that produced so many heroic African American aviators. According to the Washington Post, the U.S. Army issued Johnson a train ticket for a Pullman sleeping car so

  • The Importance of Health Literacy

    Health literacy means how well you understand your basic health information and services available to you. According to Health.gov, nearly nine out of ten adults may lack the skills needed to manage their health and prevent disease. First, you should know or have a copy of your health history, prior