Army soldiers line up to board a C-130 aircraft.

NEWS

  • Proposed Post-9/11 GI Bill transferability rules explained

    With Department of Veterans Affairs representatives ready to begin accepting sign-ups for the Post-9/11 GI Bill May 1, Defense Department officials are working to get word out on the proposed policy regarding the bill's transferability provisions to help servicemembers decide if the new benefit is

  • AF Reservist accomplishes racing dream in Mexican desert

    One dream born out of tragedy, another raised in the sands of Kuwait both came to realization for both a former U.S. Army veteran and a 302nd Airlift Wing Air Force Reservist March 13-15 in the deserts of San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. The 23rd Annual TECATE SCORE San Felipe 250 all-terrain

  • Military officials monitor swine flu

    Defense Department officials are monitoring the swine flu situation closely, with their primary focus on protecting the military population, a senior Pentagon official said April 27. As officials with the Department of Health and Human Services lead the U.S. effort, the military is posturing itself

  • Barrel nut team gets C-130s back in the air

    A team of 30 Airmen across five units helped keep the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing's mission effectiveness rates above 98 percent during a nine-day period when the wing had only three flyable C-130 Hercules aircraft. After an immediate action time compliance technical order, or TCTO, was issued by

  • Peterson's active duty host passes ORI

    After 33 days of the most robust operational readiness and unit compliance inspections in Air Force Space Command history, the 21st Space Wing emerged with a satisfactory grade. Known as 'ORIs,' operational inspections are conducted to evaluate the ability of units to perform their wartime or

  • Peterson to receive $30 million from ARRA

    Peterson is scheduled to receive approximately $30 million as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, released by the Office of Management and Budget March 23. The ARRA funding will finance a multitude of wing projects ranging from new buildings, existing building renovations, road

  • Wing's aerial porters score big at AF Reserve ‘round up’

    With vast diversity in experience levels and a wide variety of aerial port skill sets, the 39th Aerial Port Squadron's five-member round up team placed first in the Aerial Port Trivia event and were among the top three teams in two of the six events in the 22nd Air Force Aerial Port competition

  • National Security Personnel System goes under microscope

    The federal government's largest pay-for-performance system, the National Security Personnel System, is under review at the request of officials in the Defense Department and the Office of Personnel Management. Since October 2006, about 205,000 defense employees were brought under the new NSPS,