Dec. 10, 2020 CSAF releases Action Orders to Accelerate Change Across Air Force In August, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., released his strategic approach entitled Accelerate Change or Lose, in which he described his view of the strategic landscape as Air Force chief of staff and, from that, his emphasis on why change is necessary. The newly-released action
Dec. 9, 2020 First COVID-19 Vaccine May Be Distributed Next Week An assessment by the Food and Drug Administration shows the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. drug company Pfizer is around 95% effective and could be distributed next week.
Dec. 9, 2020 DOD Officials Announce Distribution Plan for Initial Batch of COVID-19 Vaccine Defense Department officials announced a phased and coordinated strategic plan for distributing and administering the initial COVID-19 vaccines during a briefing at the Pentagon.
Dec. 9, 2020 315th MXS Reservist remembered as compassionate mentor This year has been a challenging year for many people, but for many maintainers at the 315th Airlift Wing, it hit close to home when one of their own, Chief Master Sgt. Reginald Green, 62, died Dec. 2, 2020.
Dec. 9, 2020 Renowned test pilot Chuck Yeager dies Probably his most notable achievement was piloting the Bell X-1 experimental rocket plane, in which he became the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947, shortly after the founding of the U.S. Air Force as a separate service.
Dec. 9, 2020 Department of the Air Force restores leave charged during restriction of movement Effective Nov. 20, the Department of the Air Force announced the ability to restore leave charged to members during a required restriction of movement after Aug. 6.
Dec. 9, 2020 Camp Gulfport opens doors for ROM operations With preventing the spread of COVID-19 being a top priority, Headquarters Air Force had to develop a new process to ensure the safety of the service members before deployment into the U.S. Central, Africa and European Commands’ areas of responsibility.
Dec. 8, 2020 Ultra-Low Cost Simulation Program Augments Pilot Training The Joint Immersive Training System — a simulation program that can be installed on ordinary computers and laptops — is currently being used to support pilot training.
Dec. 7, 2020 Department of the Air Force moves Physical Fitness Assessments to April 2021, removes waist measurement from composite score permanently To ensure social distancing practices remain in place during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and to give Airmen and Space Professionals time to prepare, testing was delayed from October to January and is now further delayed to April.
Dec. 4, 2020 Air Safety Panel Recommends Flight Hour Increase, Emphasis on Maintenance, Steady Funding The National Commission on Military Aviation Safety released its recommendations saying aviators need more flight hours, maintenance personnel need better training and manning and supply chains need more and faster throughput.