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  • Graphic of of medical Airmen administering a COVID-19 vaccine to a Airmen. Also includes the title "AETC on path to complete mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations" with the deadline being Nov.2 for active duty personnel

    AETC on path to complete mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations

    Air Education and Training Command officials continue their aggressive approach to achieving full vaccination against COVID-19 to protect personnel and their families and continue recruiting, training and educating Airmen and Guardians.
  • Air Force Foundational Competencies Digital Literacy Graphic with the definition of what a digital literacy is

    Foundational Competencies: Digital Literacy

    The Air Force has identified 24 Air Force foundational competencies for all Airmen, as part of a systematic, competency-based approach to develop the force. These competencies are universally applicable to all Airmen and are categorized into four groups: Developing Self, Developing Others, Developing Ideas and Developing Organizations. One of those 24 foundational competencies is digital literacy, which was added this year.
  • Graphic featuring the Department of the Air Force Story regarding mandatory COVID vaccine implementation guidelines for Airmen, Guardians

    DAF announces mandatory COVID vaccine implementation guidelines for Airmen, Guardians

    Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall has released a service implementation plan that requires Airmen and Guardians to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the following dates, unless seeking an exemption.
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  • LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – Staff Sgt. John Hammer, 47th Operations Support Squadron Radar Approach Control section senior watch supervisor, watches a monitor in the RAPCON here Feb 15. Hammer and the rest of the air traffic control team control the busiest RAPCON in the Air Force controlling a combined 337,436 operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nathan L. Maysonet)

    From pavement to the busiest RAPCON in the AF

    Like most other young boys, John Hammer dreamed of growing up and being a professional football star. Instead, the 30-year-old staff sergeant, husband, and father of three, is a senior watch supervisor at the busiest airfield in the Air Force.Before joining the Air Force in 2005, Hammer lived and grew up in Knob Noster, Mo., where he held a
  • Air Force Pararescue Jumper trainees participate in the water confidence introductory course Aug. 16 at Lackland. During the course, trainees learn mask and snorkel recovery, buddy breathing and other techniques. PJ introductory training includes physiological training, the obstacle course, marches, dive physics, dive tables, metric manipulations, medical terminology, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, weapons qualifications, PJ history and leadership reaction. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

    Pararescueman: Selfless service and resiliency

    Service before self is an Air Force core value each Airman is expected to embody. For one particular group of Airmen, it's central to their way of life. The pararescueman code states: "It is my duty as a pararescueman to save life and to aid the injured. I will be prepared at all times to perform my assigned duties quickly and efficiently, placing

  • AFRS films Lackland training

    Building on the recent success of its Web site's basic military training video, the Air Force Recruiting Service returned to Lackland June 21-25 to film several technical school career fields for a new AirForce.com technical training video.The new video is part of the AirForce.com content upgrade, targeting potential recruits with educational and
  • Brig. Gen. Terry Djuric (left), Holm Center commander, presents the Officer Training School flag to Col. Timothy P. O'Brien (right), the incoming OTS commandant, during the school's change of command ceremony as Master Sgt. Jacqueline Barfield, the school's superintendent, looks on. Colonel O'Brien is the first Air National Guard officer to lead OTS. (U.S. Air Force/Bennett Rock)

    First ANG commandant at OTS

    Col. Laura Koch relinquished leadership of officer training school to Col. Timothy O'Brien during a ceremony June 8 at the school's Boyd Auditorium. Colonel O'Brien is the first Air National Guard officer to lead OTS.Before coming to his new job, Colonel O'Brien served as the deputy OTS commander since September 2009. Colonel O'Brien received his
  • The first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Paul Wesley Airey, and Pam Clarke promote Vance Clarke to the rank of Technical Sergeant in October 1987. Now Chief Master Sgt. Clarke, Air Force Recruiting Service command chief, retires from the Air Force May 14, after 30 years of service. (Courtesy Photo)

    Serving has been the 'greatest reward'

    When Vance Clarke wakes each morning, he turns toward his wife and gently reaches over and touches her -- a reminder as to why he continues to get out of bed each and every day at 4:30 a.m., dresses and heads to work.For the Air Force Recruiting Service command chief, his wife, Pam, represents why he chose to support and defend the Constitution for
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