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June 14, 2021
Current PCS, household goods affected by supply shortages

According to a newly released communiqué from the Air Force’s Personal Property Activity Headquarters, “Department of Defense demand this peak (PCS) season has greatly exceeded commercial industry capabilities, largely due to resource constraints associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Per industry,
May 26, 2021
Air Force releases updated fitness test score breakdown

Without the waist measurement as a scored component, push-ups and sit-ups will increase from 10 to 20 points each, while the 1.5-mile run will remain at 60 points. Scoring will fall into five-year age groups, as opposed to the previous 10.
May 21, 2021
With its promise and performance confirmed, ABMS moves to a new phase

After 18 months exploring new ways to better connect the joint force alongside a growing cadre of industry partners, the Department of the Air Force is ready to move ABMS from the drawing board into the hands of warfighters.
May 12, 2021
Empowered Airmen accelerate change across Air Force

Innovation and a forward-looking mindset have long been key aspects of Air Force culture.
May 10, 2021
Gladiators gather for 2021 Leadership Summit

Gladiators in the 960th Cyberspace Wing gathered here and virtually April 26-30, to participate in the 2021 Leadership Summit.Over the course of four days, participants had opportunities to listen, interact and ask questions of keynote speakers, cyberspace leaders and each other.
April 22, 2021
Air Force rewrites basic doctrine, focuses on mission command, airpower evolution

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. recently signed perhaps the most sweeping change of Air Force basic doctrine in the service’s history, marking a major milestone in the service’s strategic approach to “Accelerate Change or Lose.”
April 19, 2021
DAF continues implementation efforts for CUI

Department of the Air Force personnel were already well versed with the necessity of protecting mission-critical unclassified information, but the release of the DoDI brought about additional responsibilities, procedures and dissemination controls that warranted the development of new approaches to
April 8, 2021
Air Force unveils new mission statement

The Air Force released its new mission statement: To fly, fight, and win…airpower anytime, anywhere.
April 5, 2021
New ‘Air Force Review Boards Agency’ website launched

The Department of the Air Force debuted a new website for past and present Airmen and Guardians to correct their military records, April 5.
March 31, 2021
Reservist saves motorcyclist's life

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – A Reservist in training to become a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot saved the life of a local motorcyclist on his way back to Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 20, 2021.2nd Lt. Max Atkinson, a student pilot in the 71st Student Squadron at Vance AFB and projected to be

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