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Force Development Information Now Accessible through Air Force Portal

 

 

Force Development Defined

Force Development: The deliberate effort to maximize force readiness through a variety of recruiting, educational, training, and experiential learning activities, opportunities, and services ensuring all Airmen and Guardians possess the competencies they need to meet DAF mission requirements.

For current information on many force development initiatives, click here to jump to the Learning Professionals and FD Credentials Division web page.

  • Mentors inspire tomorrow’s innovators through STEM outreach

     WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- An Air Force Institute of Technology professor and student recently showed how mentoring and workforce development play pivotal roles in nurturing the next generation of scientists, engineers and innovators.Jose Camberos, an AFIT associate professor of

  • Logistics squadron implements cutting-edge fuels training

    The petroleum, oil and lubricants team from the 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron partnered with a local digital media company; the POL school at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; and POL personnel at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, to develop the JBER Fuels Trainer, a virtual-reality program

  • 47th MDG conducts Ready Eagle II exercise

    The 47th Medical Group hosted a Ready Eagle II Exercise from Jan. 29-31, to enhance medical contingency response plan readiness, team integration, and all-hazards response skills.

  • Keesler ALS, Coast Guard forge a joint environment in excellence

    Four Coast Guardsmen are scheduled to graduate from Airman Leadership School for the first time since 2020 on Feb. 8th, 2024. Headquarters Air Force has always pushed for creating a joint environment, but local networking led to more Coast Guardsmen being integrated into ALS here on base.

  • Keesler’s Dragon Tank calls for innovation excellence

    The 81st Training Wing is calling for innovation excellence through Dragon Tank, an idea contest launched earlier this month and uses $200,000 of existing squadron innovation funds to foster a culture of innovation and develop effective solutions to improve the mission.

  • Pilot training innovation: First successful remote simulator training

    The first successful remote simulator instruction in Air Force pilot training connected 2nd Lt. Wesley Mills, 47th Student Squadron student pilot at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas with Robert Wayne, 12th Training Squadron simulator instructor here Jan. 22, 2024.Wayne, while sitting at a computer at