March 28, 2022 Career Intermission Program application window opens April 1, reduces service obligation The first CY22 Career Intermission Program application window opens April 1 for eligible Airmen and Guardians interested in a one to three year temporary break from active duty to meet personal or professional needs outside the service.
March 25, 2022 Air Force World Class Athlete and shooting programs relocated to Colorado Springs Airman and Guardian Olympians now have a new home, as the Department of the Air Force relocated its World Class Athlete and Air Force Shooting programs to Colorado Springs, Colorado. The move should improve program management and strengthen collaboration between the Air Force and the Olympic and
March 24, 2022 Texas Tech ROTC cadets ‘ignite’ USSOCOM’s challenge to innovate The Texas Tech University cadets from Lubbock took part in the kick-off event of the USSOCOM Ignite innovation challenge in September 2021 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, only to travel east again in January 2022 to Ft. Bragg, N.C., to update U.S. Army Special Operations Command leaders on
March 24, 2022 Application window opens for Olympic hopefuls The application window for Airmen, Guardians, Reservists and Guardsmen who dream of Olympic competition is now open. Department of the Air Force and Space Force athletes have 45 days to apply to begin their training with the hopes of competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Once
March 17, 2022 Inspired to Inspire Every Airman has their personal ‘why’ for joining the U.S. Air Force. Their reasons for joining may differ but the ultimate decision to serve offers a universal connection that can be recognized across many generations of servicemembers.
March 15, 2022 AFWERX Agility Prime program, BETA Technologies make history with first Airman flight of electric aircraft This milestone, which took place at BETA’s Plattsburgh, New York, hangar and testing facility – just 35 miles from its South Burlington, Vermont, headquarters – is the culmination of a two-year partnership between BETA and the Agility Prime program.
March 13, 2022 CSAF: Taking care of installations takes care of mission, Airmen The 2022 Association of Defense Communities’ National Defense Summit brought together senior Defense Department leaders, community leaders, and Congressional members to advance issues that build strong communities and support the military, including infrastructure, climate, housing, cost of living,
March 10, 2022 Kendall, Brown, Raymond outline changes necessary to defend the nation, the need to go fast and succeed Speaking separately at an influential gathering two blocks from the White House March 9, the Department of the Air Force’s highest ranking civilian and military leaders offered emphatic variations on a similar theme – the need to modernize faster, think faster, and nurture the cultures needed to