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  • Air Force extends SAPR services to AF civilians

    The Air Force released a policy memo today allowing Air Force civilian employees who are victims of sexual assault to file restricted and unrestricted reports with their installation's sexual assault response coordinator.The policy is effective immediately and allows SARCs and sexual assault

  • AF Senior leaders give State of the Air Force address

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh III held a State of the Air Force address at the Pentagon, Aug. 24.The first topic of discussion was about Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone's heroic actions aboard a train in France. James briefed that

  • AF adopts new dragon

    Lt. Gen. Bill Bender, the Air Force chief information officer, and Maj. Gen. Martin Whelan, the Air Force director of future operations, have partnered to increase awareness of the importance of operations security and cybersecurity to protect the Air Force mission, personnel and their families."We

  • Ninety-nine selected for staff sergeant at Incirlik

    Air Force officials selected 13,269 of 39,260 eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection rate of 33.8 percent that was released at 8 a.m. CST Aug. 20.This is the first staff sergeant promotion cycle to incorporate the Weighted Airman Promotion System changes, such as

  • Top locks for your social media accounts

    Throughout the month of June roughly 968 million people actively used Facebook every day. Between family photos, quirky status updates and videos of cats, social media users are locked in a constant struggle to maintain their individual privacy in a world that is rapidly becoming more open and

  • Annual International Fair comes to Izmir

    Izmir is hosting one of the premier events of the year - the 84th Izmir International Fair from Aug. 28 to Sept. 6. The national and international showcases open and close at the same time this year during the new 10-day-fair. The fair opens its gates to 1,130 firms from 45 countries with the theme

  • AF seeks GEICO 2015 Military Service Award nominees

    Air Force officials are accepting nominations for the 2015 Government Employees Insurance Company Military Service Awards.The annual awards recognize enlisted members from all military service branches, including active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, for their contributions to

  • Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program intent to apply due Oct. 2

    Eligible active duty enlisted Airmen interested in pursuing a medical degree must submit their intent to apply emails to the Air Force Personnel Center no later than Oct. 2.The Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program offers active duty enlisted members an opportunity to complete the

  • Making every dollar count through Airmen Powered by Innovation

    The Air Force has initiated the Make Every Dollar Count program, aimed at creating a culture focused on minimizing costs, harnessing efficiencies and redefining Air Force business paradigms. Currently, the MEDC portfolio consists of 13 Headquarters Air Force-level programs and 26 major

  • US, Turkey finalizing details of anti-ISIL airstrikes

    The U.S. and Turkey are finalizing details of Turkey's recently announced participation in the air campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria, a U.S. Central Command spokesman said here Aug. 14.Col. Pat Ryder briefed reporters at the Pentagon on continuing operations in Iraq