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Oct. 31, 2019
Air Force announces NCO Career Status Program for Airmen with 12 years of service

The change will eliminate the need for Airmen who have 12 or more years of service to continue to reenlist by aligning their separation dates with their high year of tenure dates.
April 17, 2019
New Air Force Science & Technology Strategy puts focus on speed

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson unveiled a new and ambitious Science and Technology Strategy designed to better identify, develop and deploy breakthrough technologies, April 17.
Jan. 2, 2019
Uniform code of military justice changes

Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the Military Justice Act of 2016 will instate the most reform to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and Manual for Courts-Martial in decades, modernizing dated aspects of the military justice system while also providing transparency.
Dec. 4, 2018
Air Force selects Wright-Patterson AFB to host F-35 support organization

The Air Force selected Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, as the preferred location for the F-35 Hybrid Product Support Integrator organization which supports the entire F-35 enterprise to include joint and international partners.
Sept. 6, 2018
Secretary of the Air Force urges innovation in software acquisition model

The process used by the Air Force to acquire software is archaic and needs to modernize now if the service is to win in a peer-to-peer conflict, said Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson.The secretary made those observations and gave a glimpse into the future of software acquisition during her
July 13, 2018
KC-46 completes flight testing required for October first aircraft delivery

The KC-46 Pegasus program achieved an important milestone July 6, 2018, at Boeing Field, Seattle, with completion of the final flight tests required for first aircraft delivery planned in late October.
July 3, 2018
Baltimore C-STARS partnership prepares Airmen for battlefield medicine

Civilian partnerships are a vital readiness resource for the Air Force Medical Service, refreshing medics on trauma skills and taking lessons learned to deliver life-saving trauma care downrange.The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills program in Baltimore, Maryland, prepares
April 9, 2018
SecAF stresses Hanscom importance at town hall

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson emphasized the priorities demanded by the new National Defense Strategy and Hanscom Air Force Base’s vital role in meeting them during a town hall here April 5, 2018.
May 12, 2017
AFLCMC awards major long range radar contract

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center here awarded the Raytheon Company a $52.6 million contract May 11, 2017, for the three-dimensional expeditionary long-range radar system.
April 5, 2017
Air Force expeditionary energy demo forges ahead

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Today’s expeditionary military forces require steady, reliable energy sources to power the mission worldwide. Diverse field environments and a move towards cost effective, resilient and agile energy supplies are driving a new look at the way the Department