AF announces additional force management programs to reduce force size

Air Force leaders announced force management programs Dec. 11 designed to reduce the force by thousands of Airmen over the next five years as a result of sequestration.Fiscal 2014 force management initiatives are in addition to the announcement made in July, stating the Air Force will implement

Peterson first shirt is tops in AFRC

Senior Master Sgt. Daniel Anthony, 302nd Maintenance Squadron, is the top first sergeant for Air Force Reserve Command for 2012.When Anthony is not working as a Reservist for the 302nd AW, he is a police officer for the City of Fountain, Colo., where he is a patrol corporal and serves on the SWAT

Space badge renamed, new guidance issued

The current space badge will be renamed the space operations badge beginning Jan. 1, 2014.The space operations badge will be awarded to personnel with core 13S, space and missile operations and 1C6, space systems operations, Air Force specialty codes.Space professionals of all other AFSCs awarded

440th Airlift Wing assists in 16th annual Operation Toy Drop

It wasn't exactly Santa's sleigh flying across Fort Bragg, N.C., Saturday, Dec. 7...but it was close.More than 1,600 Soldiers braved cold, rainy conditions to parachute into the Sicily Drop Zone as part of Operation Toy Drop, a popular event that has steadily grown through the years to not only

Red Rocket

Jiu Jitsu instructor teaches reservists, families basics of self-defense

One out of every six American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime, according to the Rape Crisis Center.Chief Master Sgt. Sheila Richard is one of those statistics. She was sexually assaulted when she was 19 years old. "I knew the experience was going to make

349th AMW named best wing in 4th Air Force

Brig. Gen. John C. Flournoy Jr., 4th Air Force commander, surprised senior leaders at the 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., during a video teleconference Nov. 6, by presenting them with the Raincross Trophy for being the best wing in the numbered Air Force for fiscal years 2012

Group reviews 2013 wildfire season

Representatives from across the United States wildfire fighting enterprise met for a three-day after action review of the 2013 season Dec. 3-5 at the Heritage Club here.During his opening remarks welcoming the group, Lt. Gen. William Etter, CONR- 1 AF (AFNORTH) commander, praised their efforts of

DOD officials order disability board results review

Some Airmen who met a medical or physical disability evaluation board between Sept. 11, 2001 and April 30, 2012 prior to separating from the Air Force may be eligible for re-evaluation, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.When defense officials learned some diagnoses had been changed during

Reserve medical squadrons amp up training efforts

Citizen Airmen of the 446th Aeromedical Staging and Aeromedical Evacuation Squadrons play on different sides of the same coin when they're deployed in the field. While their roles may go hand-in-hand, they've seldom had the opportunity to train together--until today. Leadership from the squadron