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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Teams play Military World softball

    Three Tyndall softball teams returned from competitive inter-service rivalry with their heads held up high Sunday. Airman, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines from bases around the world reported to duty on Frank Brown Park's softball fields in Panama City Beach for the U.S. Slow-pitch Softball

  • MU-2 pilots provide valuable ABM training

    Nestled in the middle of the Tyndall flight line next to some of the most sophisticated fighters in the world, are eight white turbo prop Mitsubishi MU-2 flight training aircraft. Some may say these aircraft seem odd parked near the F-22 Raptors or F-15 Eagles, but the mission of these MU-2 aircraft