AFSOUTH Command Chief joins Love for Reading Week

First simulated F-35A deployment conducted at Mountain Home AFB

A much anticipated and important test mission for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program is underway with the "deployment" of six operational test and evaluation F-35s and more than 85 Airmen from the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, which took place Feb. 8-9.This is the first simulated deployment

F-35 program moving forward, addressing challenges

The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Program is moving forward while addressing various challenges, the program's executive officer said Feb. 10."In the big picture, I would tell you that the program right now is accelerating, growing and changing," Lt. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan said at a

SecAF, CSAF testify on FY 2017 AF posture

 Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the fiscal year 2017 Air Force posture on Capitol Hill Feb. 10.Both James and Welsh stressed that the need for airpower continues to rise and the gap

Air Force announces stand up of Integrated Wing

The Air Force will stand up an Integrated Wing pilot program at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, according to Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James."The Air Force remains on its flight path toward increasing our effectiveness and efficiency as an integrated total force service while

Warfighter of the Week: Tech. Sgt. Cassandra White

Tech. Sgt. Cassandra White, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) non-commissioned officer in charge of knowledge management was recognized as the Warfighter of the Week, Jan. 25, 2016.At first, White didn't have an idea of what she wanted to do when she graduated high school. "I didn't have plans to

AF presents fiscal year 2017 budget

The Air Force presented its fiscal year 2017 president's budget request Feb. 9 following the Defense Department and sister services' budget briefings.Maj. Gen. Jim Martin, the Air Force budget director, presented the service's budget request and said the fiscal 2017 budget request supports the

AF implements new DOD-wide changes to maternity leave

Beginning Feb. 5, active-duty female Airmen will receive up to 12 continuous, non-transferable weeks of fully paid maternity leave in accordance with Defense Department-wide changes to the policy outlined in Defense Secretary Ash Carter's Force of the Future announcement Jan. 28.This new policy

Nominations sought for 2016 NAACP Roy Wilkins Renown Service Award

Nominations for the 2016 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Roy Wilkins Renown Service Award are due to the Air Force Personnel Center by March 21.The award honors military members and Defense Department civilian employees who have supported the DOD mission or overseas

Nominations for 2016 Fisher humanitarian award due March 18

Air Force officials are accepting nominations for the 2016 Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher Distinguished Civilian Humanitarian Award.Established in 1996 by the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force, the award is named in honor of Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher, both of whom contributed extensively