• Summer civilian all call creates connections for new hires

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio – The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Junior Force Council hosted a “Summer Trainee All Call” for new civilian employees to foster professional and personal connections across the base on August 15, 2024, at Bass Lake Lodge. The all-call was open to civilian

  • Hiring Our Heroes: Providing employment opportunities for those who served

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force preaches mission first, people always. It provides Airmen and their families with a network, purpose and paycheck.So what happens when it’s time to move or just time to move on? How do the bills get paid?On April 4, the Wright-Patterson Air Force

  • AFIT’s Cyber 200 course recalibrated with increased operational focus

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force Institute of Technology’s School of Strategic Force Studies’ Joint Intermediate Cyber Operations course was recently recalibrated to complement the tactical cyber content with an increased focus on operational specialties and the interaction

  • AFIT Selects Alumni Award Winners

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio--The Air Force Institute of Technology and the AFIT Foundation selected five graduates to receive alumni awards to be presented at a ceremony in AFIT’s Kenney Auditorium on Oct. 20, 2022, at 11 a.m. EST.  The event is open to those with access to

  • DAF summer job opportunities for 700-plus qualified students

    Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas (AFNS) -- The Department of the Air Force is giving more than 700 students an opportunity to develop and hone their skills under its flagship summer hire program, which runs May through September.  “The 2022 Summer Hire Employment Program provides students in

  • Senior enlisted leader looks to transform Air Force culture

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Chief Master Sgt. Sharma Haynes of the 88th Comptroller Squadron knows she’s in rare company among Airmen.“It’s tough to be what you can’t see,” she says.As one of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s highest-ranking enlisted leaders and the mere 4 percent of

  • From dog handler to legal chief: Airman ascends ranks from quiet liftoff

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Lt. Col. Dan Watson traded his oak leaf for the silver eagle May 1 within the same gates as his first assignment, joining the tiny 1 percent of active-duty personnel who have achieved a rank of colonel or higher in the Air Force.But Watson, now chief of

  • AFMC to host virtual STEM hiring event

    The Air Force Materiel Command, in conjunction with the Air Force Civilian Service Talent Acquisition team, will host a virtual STEM hiring fair, April 23, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. CT. to fill multiple science, technology, engineering and mathematics positions across the enterprise.