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  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein speaks to Air University faculty in Polifka Auditorium Aug. 7, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. During his conversation with faculty members, Goldfein spoke about the fundamental nature of education to a technically innovative Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melanie Cox)

    CSAF shares insight, expectations with AU students, faculty

    The purpose of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein's visit was to address the students of Air War College and Air Command Staff College as they begin their academic year, as well as speaking with the university’s faculty on development and hear their questions and concerns.
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    UPDATE: Local traffic by HARB to be detoured starting Aug. 23 - Oct. 4

    NEW UPDATEEffective Aug. 23 - Oct 4, SW 288th Street (Biscayne Dr.) from SW 132nd Avenue to the air base's Westover Main Gate shall be closed to all traffic eastbound and westbound.  Traffic entering and leaving the base will be detoured around the base. This is a change from Aug. 9.Also, SW 127th Avenue from St. Nazaire Blvd to SW 288th Street
  • Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney, a 302nd Airlift Wing photojournalist, takes photos on the flight line at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, July 3, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Frank Casciotta)

    Your piece of the puzzle matters

    It is so critical for each of us in the Air Force Reserve to understand why we serve, how our individual piece contributes to the bigger picture and why what we do is so important. Especially because as reservists we have to put our regularly scheduled life on hold at least once a month and the balance can sometimes be difficult to find. If we don’t know why we’re doing what we’re doing, we won’t give our very best effort and if we don’t give our very best effort, we start to let things slip and then we start to fail.
  • Chief Master Sgt. Linda Sparks, a Reservist from Scott Air Force Base Illinois, and Col. Don Wren, 910th Mission Support Group commander, from Youngstown Air Reserve Base, Ohio, reunited during the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program event in St. Louis, Missouri, July 19-21, 2019. Sparks and Wren are former co-workers, and at the Yellow Ribbon event, Sparks took Wren's class on how to write an effective resume for a federal job. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lauren Gleason)

    Colonel gives deployers tips for getting in the door to civilian jobs

    ST. LOUIS -- Chief Master Sgt. Linda Sparks was looking to take the next step in her career as a federal civilian employee when she returned from a 6-month Air Force Reserve deployment to Iraq, she said.
  • Safe + Sound Week

    Air Force Participates in Safe + Sound Week

    The Air Force Safety Center is asking Airmen to take part in OSHA’s “Take 3 in 30” challenge as part of the Safe + Sound event. The “Take 3 in 30” challenge is simple: take three actions in 30 days to advance workplace safety or health culture.
  • Lt. Col. Ken Curell (center) of CAP’s Ohio Wing is flanked by two Pilot Prep Program students – Air Force 1st Lts. Sherry Meadows, assigned to Aviano Air Base, Italy, and Makenna Elliott, assigned to Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. (Civil Air Patrol photo by Ron Olienyk)

    Pilot Prep Program: 'Right answer for the Air Force'

    The new Air Force initiative to fill the need for military pilots was forged by Brig. Gen. Christopher M. Short, director of the Aircrew Crisis Task Force at the Pentagon. It’s one of many Total Force partnerships between the Air Force and its longtime auxiliary, CAP.
  • Changes to the Post-9/11 GI Bill will be taking effect Aug. 1, 2011 and Oct. 1, 2011. (U.S. Air Force graphic/Senior Airman Damon L. Kasberg)

    DoD delays Post 9/11 GI Bill changes

    The implementation has been delayed until January 12, 2020, giving long-serving members more time to transfer their education benefits to spouses or dependents.
  • Women from Joint Base Charleston fold the flag during an all female retreat ceremony on March 23 to celebrate Women’s History Month. About forty women from the 628th Air Base Wing, the 437th and 315th Airlift Wings took part in the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Dukes)

    Displaying "Old Glory" with honor

    This week, American flags will be displayed across the nation in celebration of the Independence Day holiday. Following a few guidelines can ensure we are displaying Old Glory properly.
  • SGLI rates decreasing July 1, 2019.

    VA to decrease SGLI rates effective July 1

    Good news for service members' wallets! Effective July 1, 2019, the SGLI premium rate is decreasing. If you have coverage now, nothing will change except the price will be lower. Premiums are dropping $4 per month for those with maximum coverage. SGLI is available in $50,000 increments, up to a maximum of $400,000.Learn how to get SGLI
  • Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 301st Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron flew a humanitarian mission to MEDEVAC a premature infant in need of emergency medical care to a hospital in Georgia on June 28, 1981, at the direction of the White House. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tasha Dowridge)

    June History Minute

    The 920th Rescue Wing, previously called the 301st Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron flew a humanitarian mission to MEDEVAC a premature infant in need of emergency medical care to a hospital in Georgia at the direction of the White House on June 28, 1981. The unit was ready to provide support before even receiving clearance to perform the mission. A 301st ARRS HC-130 crew flew Stephanie Marie McElrath to Augusta, Georgia from Homestead AFB.
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