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  • Some AFSCs removed from eligibility for retention boards

    Fewer Airmen than originally expected will meet involuntary retention boards this summer and fall, Air Force officials said June 13.Air Force leaders eliminated approximately 4,000 Airmen from eligibility for the upcoming boards at Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James's direction to bolster

  • Airmen can change how the Air Force does business

    Creative, motivated Airmen are the key to changing how the Air Force does business, and every Airman has an equal opportunity to make a lasting contribution through the Airmen Powered by Innovation program, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.Launched in April, API was initiated thanks to the

  • Clarifying the facts about detainee flights

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, officials flew five detainee flights into Hanscom Field, a Massachusetts Port Authority-run facility, earlier this spring. Contrary to published reports, no detainees were ever housed at Hanscom AFB or released. ICE transferred detainees to

  • TRICARE Nurse Advice Line

    Nearly half of all urgency care and emergency room visits are for non-emergency issues. Unnecessary ER and urgent care visits result in longer wait times for patients as well as higher costs. The Nurse Advice Line, which became available May 30, is a team of registered nurses located outside of your

  • AF to implement new feedback process July 1

    In a recent message to Airmen, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody announced plans to begin implementing a more comprehensive Air Force evaluation system for officers and enlisted members. The first step in the process will be the July 1

  • AF releases new feedback forms

    During the past year, Air Force leaders have been shaping a new and more comprehensive Air Force evaluation system for officers and enlisted Airmen.The new system is designed to better meet the needs of the Air Force and Airmen, differentiate more effectively between good and great performers, and

  • Key spouse program key to family readiness

    Air Force spouses are key to maintaining stability on the home front as Airmen maintain focus on the war front, according to the wife of the Air Force's top officer.The key spouse program is an official unit/family program overseen by commanders designed to enhance readiness and establish a sense of

  • Quality Force Review Board results released

    Air Force commanders will notify Airmen who met the service's Quality Force Review Board last month of the board's results June 5.The QFRB reviewed more than 4,600 Airmen using a "whole person" concept based on each Airman's record of performance and potential for continued positive service and

  • Hanscom firefighters first on crash scene

    Firefighters assigned to Hanscom's Fire Emergency Services responded May 31 to Hanscom Field after a private Gulfstream IV aircraft departing the field crashed at the end of runway 11 shortly after 9:40 p.m., leaving all seven people onboard dead. Despite the tragic results of the crash, Hanscom's

  • Commission seeks service members' compensation preferences

    The commission tasked by President Barack Obama and Congress to modernize military compensation and benefits programs is seeking input from servicemembers on their preferences.Alphonso Maldon Jr., chairman of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, said understanding