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  • Application window opens for enlisted RPA pilot selection board

    Airmen interested in becoming enlisted remotely piloted aircraft pilots have until Nov. 15 to submit completed application packages, including physical exams, to the Air Force Personnel Center. Applicants may be staff sergeants through senior master sergeants in any Air Force Specialty Code who are

  • Reserve leaders testify before House

    Senior leaders from the military reserve components testified before the House Appropriations Sub-Committee for Defense on readiness and the President’s fiscal year 2018 budget request May 24.

  • Defense Department Launches Retirement System Comparison Calculator

    The Department of Defense officially launched the Blended Retirement System (BRS) comparison calculator Tuesday, providing BRS opt-in eligible service members their first opportunity for an individualized comparison of retirement systems. The comprehensive tool, in combination with the mandatory

  • Ransomware: How to stay safe

    In mid-May a worldwide ransomware cyberattack infected more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries. Luckily, shortly after the attack began, a web security researcher was able to discover an effective kill switch that slowed the spread of the infection, effectively halting the outbreak. Ransomware

  • KC-46 Pegasus undergoes testing in Benefield Anechoic Facility

    A KC-46A Pegasus has entered the Benefield Anechoic Facility for the first time. The new aerial refueling tanker is undergoing tests to demonstrate that it meets Federal Aviation Administration certification requirements and DOD electromagnetic environmental effects requirements for systems. These

  • New EPME course phases out Course 15

    Individual Reservists who are currently enrolled in Course 15 may take advantage of an updated version of that course, June 1, per a memo from Air Education and Training Command. To participate in the updated material, called Non-Commissioned Officer Distance Learning Course, IRs must disenroll from

  • Reserve salutes children at Yellow Ribbon event

    Children of Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen were front and center during Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program training weekends in April, the Month of the Military Child.The celebration was established in 1986 by Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger to recognize the contribution made by

  • Wings Over Wayne 2017

    Seymour Johnson Air Force Base hosted a two-day, free, Wings Over Wayne Air Show, May 20-21, 2017. The event featured more than 20 acts, including demonstrations by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, the F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team, a 4th Fighter Wing 75th Anniversary review flight and more.Various

  • Mattis welcomes new SecAF home

    Defense Secretary Jim Mattis ceremoniously swore in Heather Wilson as the 24th Secretary of the Air Force at the Pentagon May 16, 2017.