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Feb. 21, 2020
Barrett outlines Air Force budget priorities, strategies for working with other services

Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett united Feb. 21 with secretaries from the other military services, pledging to work closely to fulfill the mandates of the National Defense Strategy as well as advancing new, capabilities for warfighting, joint operations and ensuring superiority in
Feb. 21, 2020
Voting for Spark Tank 2020 opens

Spark Tank is an annual event in which Airmen pitch innovative ideas that build upon senior leader priorities to restore readiness, cost-effectively modernize and drive innovation.
Feb. 19, 2020
Musculoskeletal injury top threat to Airmen readiness, lethality: Interventions support fitness improvement plan

Mission readiness is key to the execution of the National Defense strategy, and the Air Force Materiel Command is operating on the front lines ensuring Airmen are fit to fight.The Department of Defense defines readiness as the ability of military forces to fight and meet the demands of assigned
Feb. 11, 2020
Air Force Reserve Command to align with Total Force budget decisions

Air Force Reserve Command leaders are taking steps, along with other major commands, to address changes to Total Force fleets in the Air Force Fiscal Year 2021 Presidential Budget released today.
Feb. 10, 2020
655th ISR Wing receives new commander

Col. Joseph T. Marcinek, 655th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing deputy commander, accepted full command of the Wing in a ceremony held at the Carney Auditorium, National Museum of the United States Air Force, Feb. 8, 2020.
Feb. 7, 2020
Setting goals supports psychological health; Begin new year with clean slate

It’s a new year and for some that means a clean slate to set some personal goals or the more cliché term, resolutions.
Feb. 7, 2020
AETC partners with UTSA to refine pilot candidate selection

In an effort to gain more insight into what attributes could best predict the success of pilot training candidates, Air Education and Training Command turned to the data analytics program at the University of Texas-San Antonio to help them refine and validate the Pilot Candidate Selection Method as
Feb. 7, 2020
Joint emergency response exercise showcases Reserve capabilities

Three Air Force Reserve Contingency Response units, along with partners from the U.S. Army, Army Reserve, National Guard, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and FBI teamed up to put their emergency response capabilities to the test during exercise Patriot Palm, held here Jan. 27-30, 2020.
Feb. 5, 2020
Staying mission ready

Tech Sgt. Lawrence Mark, 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician, works with 2nd Lt. Amanda Hostetter, AES flight nurse, doing inventory at their unit Jan. 5, 2020. The flight nurse and medical technician ensure drug kits have all of the medicine and supplies needed
Feb. 5, 2020
Around the wing...

Airman 1st Class Clayton Langston (left) and Staff Sgt. Charles Swaim (right), aircraft structural maintenance technicians with the 445th Maintenance Squadron, prepare a newly received aircraft panel to be installed on a C-17 Globemaster III here Jan. 5, 2020. The new panel will protect the