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  • Morin talks sequestration, near-term budget actions

    The acting under secretary of the Air Force described how the nation's fiscal challenges are affecting the service to a group of civic and industry leaders in Arlington, Va., Jan. 15.Dr. Jamie Morin spoke to members of industry, the Air Force, the Air Force Association and media as part of AFA's

  • Air Force leaders deliver budget guidance to force

    Air Force leaders delivered guidance to the force recently, telling them to begin planning for the uncertain budget environment ahead, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley said Jan. 11 in a press briefing."Even though we're not presuming this worst case will occur, prudent planning for the

  • Air Force implements civilian hiring freeze

    Air Force senior leaders directed a force-wide hiring freeze among other workforce actions in a memorandum sent to senior commanders Jan. 16.The actions are part of the Air Force's efforts to pursue reversible or recoverable steps to avoid impacts to core readiness caused by the looming possibility

  • Maxwell deployers get VIP sendoff

    After months of training, processing and planning, more than 100 members of the 908th Airlift Wing said goodbye to family and friends here as they deployed to Southwest Asia in support of airlift operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.The first group left Jan. 6 and the second

  • March C-17s transport Navy boats to Guantanamo

    March Air Reserve Base Air Terminal Operations Center personnel and Reserve loadmasters from Dover Air Force Base, Del., assist U.S. Coast Guard members from Port Security Unit 311, based in Long Beach, Calif., with the upload of two Generation IV Transportable Port Security Boats, onto a C-17

  • Tinker reservists deploy to Southwest Asia

    More than 130 Reserve Airmen said goodbye to their families, friends and civilian employers here Jan. 7, as they deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Air Refueling Operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.The reservists will support a broad spectrum of air refueling missions

  • DoD's only aerial sprayers share know-how

    Citizen Airmen from the Air Force Reserve's 910th Airlift Wing highly-specialized Aerial Spray unit are involved in the Department of Defense's Aerial Spray Course at the new state-of-the-art Lee County Mosquito Control District Training Center here Jan. 14-17.The course acquaints participants with

  • Lucky' Airman goes from 'jumping on grapes' to Presidential Ball

    To get a pair of the hottest tickets in town, you have to be in the right place at the right time and be more than a little lucky. That's what Staff Sgt. Ivanka Vrechkov thought when she landed two spots at the Presidential Inauguration's Military Ball, for the evening of Jan. 21."I'm very excited

  • Reservists, local police team up for C-17 rescue training

    Members of the 446th Airlift Wing teamed up with a local police dive team to perform familiarization training on the C-17 Globemaster here Jan. 10. Nate Condreay, Pierce County Metro deputy sheriff and rescue diver, reached out the 446th AW for Air Force aircraft specialists to train the police dive

  • Air Force leaders will deliver budget guidance to force in days

    Air Force leaders will deliver guidance to the force in a few days to begin prudent planning for the uncertain budget environment ahead, Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley said here Jan. 11.Donley and Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, the Air Force chief of staff, briefed Pentagon reporters Jan. 11, on the