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  • Team Tyndall joins Air Force in developing F-22 FCR

      A Weapon System Evaluation Program data collection modification ... $350 million. Thinking outside of the box ... $55,000.. Air Force supporting Air Force ... priceless! That's a perfect description of the process used to analyze, develop and test a new Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile data collection system for the F-22 Raptor. Four

  • 33rd Fighter Wing slated for F-35 training mission

    Air Force officials announced plans to assign the mission of training new Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and allied F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter pilots and maintainers to the 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla. Final planning for the move is dependent on the results of the ongoing environmental impact analysis process that is required by

  • AETC announces civilian authorization reductions

    Air Education and Training Command officials are looking at ways to streamline organizations into smaller, more agile forces and organizational structures to reduce the effect of reductions in the civilian workforce next spring. The Air Force plans to reduce its civilian workforce strength by 2,000 positions during FY07 as a result of Program

  • Thrift Savings Plan augments federal employee retirement

    The Thrift Savings Plan's automatic and matching contributions form a key part of the Federal Employees' Retirement System offering federal civilian employees opportunities to increase their retirement income. FERS civilian TSP account holders automatically receive a deposit equal to one percent of their basic pay each pay period once they are

  • Officials announce EPR criteria, policy

    The Air Force has released a policy to clarify senior rater endorsement and stratification procedures for enlisted performance reports. While many supervisors and senior NCOs looked to completion of the Senior NCO Academy and a Community College of the Air Force degree as criteria for consideration of a senior rater endorsement for promotion to the

  • Know what to do when lightning strikes close to home

    Do you know what weather phenomenon kills more Americans than floods, hurricanes and tornadoes combined? It's lightning. Lightning kills nearly 100 people every year and injures another 300, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. According to the Insurance Information Institute, it also causes more than $1 billion in

  • Web service users face OPSEC risks

    With more than 80 million users, MySpace service and other personal Web site providers empower users to communicate with a world-wide online network of friends, and unfortunately, potential enemies.  Operational security is the Air Force Office of Special Investigations' primary concern with Air Force members' who use MySpace and other

  • Tricare helps customers understand allowable charges with Web site

    Tricare Management Activity posted its allowable charges on an easy-to-use Web site. The cost of medical care varies widely across the country, and neither hospitals nor doctors' offices usually post their charges for various procedures. That makes it hard for patients to judge if they're being charged a reasonable amount for operations or

  • Flight medicine keeps aircrew healthy

    Whenever something breaks, such as an aircraft, there is someone standing by ready and able to fix it. But, what happens if those who fly the aircraft "break?" Keeping these men and women flying is a critical task, and that's when the 325th Medical Group's Flight Medicine steps in. "Our goal is to keep fliers flying and ensure they are physically

  • AAFES offers uniform purchase online

    With the latest edition to the Exchange Online Store, busy troops can now assemble their uniforms with just a few clicks of the mouse. The virtual exchange's new "Uniform Ready-to-Wear" site makes it easy to complete uniform orders through one easy-to-use Web site. The final product is shipped to the Soldier or Airmen's door, ready to wear right
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