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Staff Sgts. Robert Gibson and Joshua Sweetman, 445th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters, put out an aircraft structural fire during live-fire training, Sept. 9, 2022 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Eight members of the 445th Civil Engineer Squadron fire and emergency services teamed up with the 788th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department for a live-fire training exercise, Sept. 9, 2022.

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  • Sequestration would affect readiness, people

    Air Force Reserve Command officials estimate automatic budget cuts triggered by sequestration will result in a reduction of up to 18 percent of flying hours and affect the command's 13,000 civilian employees.Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta notified Congress Feb. 20 that the Department of Defense

  • State Department Updates Worldwide Caution for U.S. Travelers

    State Department officials have issued an updated a worldwide caution for Americans traveling overseas."The Department of State remains concerned about the continued threat of terrorist attacks, demonstrations and other violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests overseas," says the caution,

  • Panetta issues message to DOD workforce on sequestration

    With major, across-the-board defense spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta today issued a message to the Defense Department workforce.Here is the secretary's message:For more than a year and a half, the president, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and I have

  • Panetta notifies Congress DOD preparing for furloughs

    Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has notified Congress that the Defense Department is prepared to implement furloughs for civilian personnel in response to the threat of sequestration.In a memo to all employees, Panetta vowed to continue working with Congress to avoid sequestration, which would add

  • Officers eligible for promotion should review records before MilPDS upgrade

    The data feed from the Military Personnel Data System to the Air Force promotions data systems will not be available during the March MilPDS upgrade, so some officers eligible for promotion consideration may be affected, including those eligible for the Calendar Year 2013A Colonel Line of the Air

  • Family, Medical Leave Act expands protections for military families

    More support has been extended to military dependents through expansions of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, which include unpaid, job-protected time off for care of injured servicemembers or veterans, and activities arising from a servicemember's deployment.While family members of the U.S.

  • AF leaders: Sequestration, more budget cuts will be devastating

    Sequestration would leave the Air Force with untrained people, a lack of equipment and be "devastating" to the service, officials said Feb. 7.The warning echoes what Department of Defense officials have stated for months about across-the-board defense cuts, in addition to an ongoing continuing

  • Photo essay: 445th Airlift Wing completes ORI

    After months of preparation, the 445th Airlift Wing wrapped up a six-day operational readiness inspection that began with a deployment Jan. 27 leaving here for Mississippi and ended with a redeployment back home late Feb. 1. While in Mississippi, the 445th's 329 ORI players from various career

  • Wing wraps up ORI prep with rodeo

    Team spirit filled Hangar 4016 Jan. 24 as the 445th Airlift Wing Operational Readiness Inspection key players and their squadrons participated in the wing's first rodeo."This is the first rodeo we've done here at the wing. The rodeo is designed to encapsulate all the training accomplished leading up