Air Force introduces new, improved tool to manage civilian benefits

The Air Force is the first agency in the Department of Defense to roll out a new tool that helps government civilians more effectively manage their benefits and entitlement information. The Government Retirement and Benefits Platform is a web-based application that allows employees to make changes

445 ASTS prepares for Patriot Warrior

In preparation for Air Force Reserve Command’s Patriot Warrior exercise, Airmen from the 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron set up an Alaska shelter during training August 14, 2017. Patriot Warrior involves nearly 600 participants and over 10,000 soldiers, sailors, Marines and international partners

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Viewing the Solar Eclipse: 5 Things to Know

A perfect lineup of the sun, moon and Earth will be visible across North America for the first time in 38 years on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.  One of the grandest and most fleeting natural spectacles known to humanity, this total solar eclipse is predicted to be the most viewed ever.  Here are five

Military Reserve Exchange Program increases interoperability

The 655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Intelligence Group and the 718th Intelligence Squadron hosted United Kingdom Cpl. Christopher Medley, intelligence analyst, as part of the Military Reserve Exchange Program at Joint Base Langley-Eustis from July 31 to Aug. 11, 2017.

Reserve Citizen Airman lead joint, international partner in Exercise Patriot Warrior

More than 570 Reserve Citizen Airmen are meeting at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin to participate in Exercise Patriot Warrior 2017, which occurs in various phases from August 7 to August 24.The Air Force Reserve Command-owned annual exercise, formally known as Exercise Global Medic, puts Reservists in real

Patriot Warrior kicks off at Dobbins

The world’s busiest airport got a little busier this week as Airmen from around the Air Force Reserve descended upon Atlanta to participate in this year’s Patriot Warrior exercise. The goal of the exercise is to improve combat readiness through practical hands-on experience in a simulated austere

Air Force welcomes new undersecretary

Four decades later on Aug. 11, 2017, at the Pentagon, he ceremoniously recited the oath of office to be the undersecretary of the Air Force.

Education, Training, Experience: The Continuum of Learning

Air Education and Training Command is re-imagining how Airmen are developed through a paradigm shift in education, training and capitalization of experiences in a new concept: The Continuum of Learning.

AF is currently recruiting prior Reserve, Guard, active-duty members

Are you a prior service member who’d like a second chance at serving your country full time? If so, the time has never been better. Recruiters are currently looking to fill many of the Air Force’s undermanned career field’s through the Prior Service program.“We haven’t done prior service very