April 27, 2021 Total Force Recruiting: The first step to winning the high-end fight As I prepared to assume responsibilities as the Command Chief for Air Force Recruiting Service, an organization recently re-tooled as an Air Force Total Force command, I found myself trying to understand this new mantra of “Total Force Recruiting.” To truly answer though, I had to start with the
April 26, 2021 Airlift missions continues amidst the pandemic As the world-wide pandemic surpasses it’s year mark, aircrew members from the 315th Airlift Wing continues its complex global reach mission, despite the challenges brought by COVID-19.This mission, already complex, flying two helicopters to South America inside a C-17 Globemaster III, was made more
April 23, 2021 413th FTG hosts first-ever virtual conference Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 413th Flight Test Group recently gathered for the unit’s first-ever virtual conference, hosted at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.With travel restrictions still in effect DoD-wide due to ongoing COVID-19 risks, the conference gave group members an opportunity to safely
April 22, 2021 310th Space Wing takes aim at COVID-19 with mass vaccination effort The 310th Space Wing’s Aerospace Medicine Flight worked with the 302nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron to conduct a mass COVID-19 vaccination event at the Peterson AFB gym, April 11.
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 22, 2021 AFRC partners with Kessel Run on travel pay reform initiative As part of the Air Force Reserve’s strategic priority, Reform the Organization, and aligned with the Air Force Chief of Staff’s vision to Accelerate Change or Lose, Air Force Reserve Command and Kessel Run recently kicked off a new software development program to simplify and update the user
April 21, 2021 Developing Self: Airman’s Foundational Competencies Category The Air Force has identified 24 Airman’s foundational competencies for all Airmen, these competencies are universally applicable to all Airmen and are categorized into four groups: Developing Self, Developing Others, Developing Ideas and Developing Organizations. Developing Self includes the
April 20, 2021 Mom, son celebrate Air Force achievements JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – A mom and her son will celebrate milestones this week when Tech. Sgt. Nessie McCray and Airman Basic Jaylen Netterville graduate from their respective technical training schools a day apart.
April 19, 2021 Mission Support Group leaders visit Civil Rights battlefield So, Col. Reginald Trujillo, 403rd Mission Support Group commander, decided to try a new tactic in training. He gathered his MSG leadership together April 9 and took them on a staff ride, but not a traditional staff ride.
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