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  • Department of the Air Force Leaders direct second IG Disparity Review

    The review follows the department’s 2020 Racial Disparity Review released in Dec. 2020 and expands its focus into three additional racial categories (Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander), gender, and one additional ethnic category (Hispanic/Latinx).
  • Members of the 482nd Maintenance Group, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., transport an F-16C to be reinstalled on its “perch” after giving it a full corrosion control update and a shiny new paint job on February 10, 2021.

    Jet receives new facelift

    Members of the 482nd Maintenance Group along with ground transportation personnel, reinstalled a retired F-16C Fighting Falcon on its “perch” after giving it a full corrosion control update and a shiny new paint job on February 10, 2021.According to Senior Master Sgt. Michael Minick, maintenance flight chief, the job required: An average of 10
  • Know your Rights under USERRA; Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act graphic. (U.S.Air Force graphic by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    Know your Rights for reemployment, USERRA

    Veterans Employment and Training Service, an agency of the Department of Labor, oversees grants for Veterans seeking employment, maintains transition assistance programs for employment, and it also runs the Compliance and Investigation Division for employment complaints, which is responsible for overseeing the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994.

  • All services including Department of the Air Force to furnish adverse information to officer promotion boards in designated grades, circumstances

    The Department of the Air Force announced it is establishing policy to comply with the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 and newly released DoDI 1320.14 requiring all services to furnish adverse information to promotion boards considering officers for promotion to the regular grades of O-4 and above, and to all reserve active status promotion boards to the grades of O-6 and above.

  • Air Force announces Airmen leadership qualities

    The Airman leadership qualities are expected to form the basis for the future officer and enlisted performance reporting systems. The alignment between evaluating units and evaluating Airmen is intended to further emphasize and accelerate an understanding and adoption of the associated leadership qualities.
  • F-16s from the 93rd Fighter Squadron at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, practice aerial refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 465th Air Refueling Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Jan 27, 2021. This business effort training mission ensured that aircrew on multiple platforms received the necessary upgrade and competency training required to remain fully mission capable. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Begy)

    Business efforts strengthen airpower and relationships

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – An aircrew from the 507th Air Refueling Wing here combined resources with fellow reservists from 482nd Fighter Wing at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, to conduct a business effort refueling training mission within central Florida’s airspace Jan. 25-29.Business effort training missions ensure aircrew from multiple

  • Wing finishes first round of vaccinations

    The 482nd Fighter Wing completed inoculating 323 first responder personnel with the COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 28, 2021. Initially the wing received 300 doses of the Moderna vaccine, but through the adept and precise proficiency of the vaccinators, the medical staff was able to draw additional doses from the existing vials.According to Lt. Col.
  • Beginning in February 2021, female Airmen will be able to wear their hair in up to two braids or a single ponytail with bulk not exceeding the width of the head and length not extending below a horizontal line running between the top of each sleeve inseam at the under arm through the shoulder blades. In addition, women’s bangs may now touch their eyebrows, but not cover their eyes. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Corey Parrish)

    Air Force to allow longer braids, ponytails, bangs for women

    As an outcome of the 101st Air Force uniform board, Air Force women will be able to wear their hair in up to two braids or a single ponytail with bulk not exceeding the width of the head and length not extending below a horizontal line running between the top of each sleeve inseam at the under arm through the shoulder blades. In addition, women’s bangs may now touch their eyebrows, but not cover their eyes.
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    Wing to start COVID-19 vaccinations

    Starting this week, the 482nd Fighter Wing will start administering the COVID-19 vaccine to its members. Following Centers for Disease Control guidelines, personnel such as first responders, medical personnel, and deployers will receive the vaccine first.“Our number one priority is to take care of Americans, Airmen, and their families. Having the
  • Graphic for civilian force development resources

    Civilian training resources now on milSuite

    Department of the Air Force civilian employees now have an easy way to access tools to assist in their development.
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