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AFRC News

  • Senate confirms James as next secretary of the Air Force

    Deborah Lee James will be the next secretary of the Air Force, according to a Senate confirmation vote Dec 13. James provided testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee Sept. 19, before the full Senate voted on her confirmation. Now the president must appoint her before she can assume her new

  • AF to convene CMSgt retention board in June

    The Air Force will convene a chief master sergeant retention board in June to select chief master sergeants for retirement no later than Nov. 1, 2014, officials announced today.The fiscal 2014 Chief Master Sergeant Retention Program is one of several force management programs slated to be

  • FY14 force management to include senior NCO retention board

    Plans are underway to convene a June senior NCO retention board to consider eligible master sergeants and senior master sergeants for retirement, officials announced Dec. 12.The board is one of several fiscal 2014 force management measures that have been or will be implemented to transition toward a

  • AF officials announce FY14 civilian workforce shaping

    The Air Force will reduce the size of its civilian workforce by about 900 positions in addition to maintaining approximately 7,000 vacancies across the force to meet the demands of a constrained fiscal 2014 budget, officials announced. Specific reductions by location have not been determined.The Air

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Nellis Reserve unit gains new RPA squadron

    A new Remotely Piloted Aircraft squadron activated during a ceremony at the Holloman Desert Sands Club here, Nov. 19.The 429th Air Combat Training Squadron stood up as a geographically-separated unit under the 926th Group, which is headquartered at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev."Gaining the 429th ACTS

  • Rescue Wing Airmen support SpaceX rocket launch

    Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully launched its first commercial Falcon 9 rocket into orbit at 5:41 p.m. Eastern Time Dec. 4, as Airmen and HH-60G Pave Hawks from the 920th Rescue Wing safeguarded the hazard zone.This mission was the first commercial flight from the Cape Canaveral