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Air Force releases FY25 Selective Retention Bonus list
January 6, 2025 — The U. S. Air Force released the Fiscal Year 2025 Selective Retention Bonus list, effective Dec. 16, 2024. The FY25 SRB program consists of 89 Air Force specialty codes, reflecting the Air Force’s ongoing commitment to retaining highly skilled enlisted personnel... MORE

Fiscal Year 2025 Selective Retention Bonus list

Around the Air Force Year in Review: Great Power Competition, Realignment for Readiness, and Housing Feedback System
January 3, 2025 — In this week’s look around the Air Force, we look back at three significant stories from 2024: SECAF highlights key accomplishments and emphasizes GPC, the Air Force realigns to maintain future competitiveness, and the Department of Defense launches a new online housing feedback system to improve quality of life... MORE

First Air Force warrant officers graduate, prepare to enter force
December 9, 2024 — The first 30 Air Force warrant officers graduate from the U.S. Air Force Warrant Officer Training School... MORE

SecAF Kendall speaks with WOTS graduates.

Around the Air Force: Remote Start System, Engine Cover Prototype, and Fuel Efficiency Technology
December 6, 2024 — In this week’s Around the Air Force, a new remote start system for the KC-46A Pegasus, new B-52 engine covers prevent icing and damage in extreme cold, and a program to reduce drag on aircraft increases aerodynamic efficiency and flexibility while reducing fuel costs... MORE

Air Force works to keep nuclear triad mission ready during recapitalization
December 6, 2024 — The Air Force is working to meet the challenge of maintaining mission readiness for bomber and land-based missile legs of the nation's nuclear triad, while working to meet the government-mandated recapitalization of both those platforms. ... MORE

Two men, one in military camouflage and the other in a business suit, are sitting at a desk having a conversation.

AFICC-hosted summit preps acquisition pros for GPC operations
December 4, 2024 — More than 300 contracting professionals gathered in San Antonio Nov. 12-14 for the 2024 Worldwide Operational Acquisition Training Summit to collaborate about how to better execute installation and mission support programs for Air Force Great Power Competition operations... MORE

Air Force general officer addressing an audience from a podium at a conference.

Air Force Civil Engineer Center awards leases for 5G service at all CONUS bases
December 4, 2024 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently finished awarding leases that will bring 5G service to 84 Air and Space Force installations by 2028, helping the workforce, Airmen, Guardians and their families stay connected through secure and reliable networks... MORE

AFCEC graphic with a brown background with a portion of the United States shown.

Around the Air Force: One Force Design, Global Hydro-Intelligence, and the Rated Preparatory Program
December 2, 2024 — In this week’s Around the Air Force, leaders discuss "One Force Design," U.S. Air Force and NASA celebrate the initial collaborative success, and Air Education and Training Command is accepting applications for the Rated Preparatory Program... MORE

AFIMSC fields IROC readiness capability at five more bases
November 21, 2024 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is fielding the Installation Resilience Operations Command and Control platform at five more bases after three years of successful initial testing here... MORE

Lowell Usrey, Tyndall’s PMO Integration branch chief, simulates receiving gunshot notification from the Installation Resilience Operations Center prototype during a hands-on equipment demonstration at Tyndall, April 28, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarah McNair)

Around the Air Force: Allvin emphasizes integration, SECAF highlights air mobility forces, and the Squadron Innovation Fund Marketplace
November 15, 2024 — In this week’s look Around the Air Force, CSAF Allvin emphasizes integration with allies and partners, SecAF Kendall highlights air mobility force’s growing role in GPC, and the new Squadron Innovation Fund Marketplace revolutionizes how innovation is funded and fostered across the service. (Hosted by Staff Sgt. Milton Hamilton)... MORE

In this week’s look Around the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff David Allvin emphasizes integration with allies and partners, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall highlights air mobility force’s growing role in Great Power Competition, and the new Squadron Innovation Fund Marketplace revolutionizes how innovation is funded and fostered across the service. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

AFIMSC uses gaming to ready I&MS teams for combat ops
November 13, 2024 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is using a board game and data-driven outcomes to prepare installation and mission support Airmen to successfully conduct agile combat employment operations in contested environments... MORE

Participants point to game pieces on a board game designed to simulate air combat scenarios.

SECAF Kendall visits headquarters of IW warriors, addresses importance of ‘getting it right’
November 7, 2024 — Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber), the Air Force’s premier Information Warfare Numbered Air Force, welcomed Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall from Oct. 30-31... MORE

The Secretary of the Air Force speaks to Airmen in an auditorium

DAF announces 2024 Spark Tank winner
November 6, 2024 — A prototype F-16 Fight Falcon cockpit collapsible ladder for agile combat employment and contingency operations emerged as the 2024 Spark Tank winner at the Pentagon... MORE

Undersecretary of the Air Force Melissa Dalton, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. James Slife and Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein host the Spark Tank competition finals at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. Oct. 30, 2024. Spark Tank is the flagship competition in which innovators from across the Department of the Air Force pitch their ideas to a panel of top leadership and industry experts in pursuit of sponsorship to realize their idea. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andy Morataya)

Around the Air Force: Letter to Airmen, INDOPACOM Trip, and Enlisted Development and Education
November 1, 2024 — In this week’s look around the Air Force, Air Force Chief of provides updates in his latest letter to Airmen, the CSAF and CMSAF visit Indo-Pacific allies and leaders, and the DAF introduces a new enlisted development and education policy... MORE

In this week’s look around the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin provides updates in his latest letter to Airmen, the CSAF and CMSAF visit key allies and leaders in the Indo-Pacific, and the Department of the Air Force introduces a new enlisted development and education policy. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

Around the Air Force: Test pilot school gets Super Tucano, planning for Mobility Guardian 25, Global Household Goods Contract Program
October 25, 2024 — In this week’s look around the Air Force, three A-29 Super Tucanos join the Air Force Test Pilot School fleet, allies and partners prepare for next summer's Mobility Guardian 25, and the new Global Household Goods Contract program rolls out... MORE

AFIMSC Portrait: Senior Master Sgt. Eugene P. Scott
October 23, 2024 — AFIMSC Portrait highlights Senior Master Sgt. Eugene P. Scott, senior enlisted leader for mission operations at Air Force Services Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

AFIMSC portrait graphic with official photo and AFIMSC shield

Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center sweeps Air Force Materiel Command Sijan awards
October 22, 2024 — Airmen from the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center recently won all four categories of the Air Force Materiel Command Lance P. Sijan Awards... MORE

The 2016 Lance P. Sijan U.S. Air Force Leadership Awards are displayed on a table prior to the start of an awards ceremony in the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Oct. 5, 2017. The award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding leadership ability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank)

AFIMSC executes record $9.4 billion in FY24
October 22, 2024 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center executed a record $9.4 billion in operations and maintenance funds in the 2024 fiscal year, the most funding the center has obligated in a single year since declaring full operational capability eight years ago this month... MORE

AFIMSC fiscal year closeout graphic displaying the amounts executed throughout 2024.

Mission Monday: AFCEC Facility Engineering
October 21, 2024 — It’s Mission Monday! Meet Richard Mathews, deputy director for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Facility Engineering Directorate. ... MORE

AFIMSC Mission Monday graphic with official photo of Richard Mathews along with the AFCEC shield.

Around the Air Force: Overseas Absentee Ballots, TRICARE Changes for 2025, BLUE: An Agile Approach
October 18, 2024 — In this week’s look around the Air Force, overseas service members can send absentee ballots free, new TRICARE contracts impact referrals and specialty care, and the newest issue of BLUE on the Airman Magazine website explores the shift to ACE... MORE

In this week’s look around the Air Force, overseas service members can send Absentee Ballots using Priority Express Mail for free, new TRICARE contracts in 2025 impact referrals and specialty care, and the newest issue of BLUE on the Airman Magazine website explores the shift to Agile Combat Employment. (U.S. Air Force graphic)