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  • FY14 force management to include senior NCO retention board

    Plans are underway to convene a June senior NCO retention board to consider eligible master sergeants and senior master sergeants for retirement, officials announced Dec. 12.The board is one of several fiscal 2014 force management measures that have been or will be implemented to transition toward a

  • AF announces additional force management programs to reduce force size

    Air Force leaders announced force management programs Dec. 11 designed to reduce the force by thousands of Airmen over the next five years as a result of sequestration.Fiscal 2014 force management initiatives are in addition to the announcement made in July, stating the Air Force will implement

  • AFSOUTH Airman goes the distance

    Senior Airman Savas Rivera a regional weather forecaster/special support forecaster assigned to the 612th Support Squadron, trains and runs for a variety of distance runs in his off duty time.As a weather forecaster, Rivera's job involves creating forecasts for the forward operating locations within

  • AOPT equips aircrew with life-saving tools

    The aircraft is losing cabin pressure rapidly; the pilot is 30,000 feet in the air, and notices signs of hypoxia.This situation is one of many simulated scenarios Airmen from the 366th Aerospace Medicine Squadron aerospace and operational physiology training section prepare aircrew for during

  • 12th AF leaders visit Ellsworth

    Ellsworth hosted a visit from Lt. Gen. Tod D. Wolters, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) commander, Dec. 3 and 4, and took the opportunity to showcase 28th Bomb Wing Airmen accomplishing the mission at the home to two of the nation's three B-1 combat squadrons.During his visit, Wolters hosted an

  • CULEX provides training, strengthens U.S., Honduras relationship

    More than 90 members of Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed to Mocoron, a remote Honduran military outpost in the Department of Gracias a Dios, Honduras, as part of a Culminating Exercise (CULEX) conducted by the Task Force, Dec. 2-5.The CULEX was built around the scenario of a category II hurricane

  • "Operation Holiday Blessing" provides holiday joy for Honduran orphans

    More than 300 Honduran orphans were treated to a day of activities, treats, gifts, and holiday joy during Joint Task Force-Bravo's "Operation Holiday Blessing," Dec. 6.A group of more than 200 volunteers from across the Task Force worked together to pull off the event, which was designed to provide

  • Records upkeep proves vital in career progression

    If your records meet a board tomorrow, would they accurately illustrate your suitability for promotion or retention? Are your evaluations, time in service, time in grade and decorations correct? Are your professional military education records complete? Do you know what your promotion recommendation