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  • USAFA evacuates: Airmen must log in to accountability system

    Air Force officials have activated the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System to monitor the status and location of all personnel and dependents assigned to and living in the vicinity of the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., Air Force Personnel Center officials said

  • Wildfire stops moves to USAF Academy

    Air Force officials have temporarily halted permanent change of station moves and most temporary duty assignments to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., as Air Force members join the fight to extinguish the 29-square mile Waldo Canyon wildfire burning northwest of the

  • AFDW welcomes new vice commander

    Col. Michael E. Gantt has been assigned as vice commander, Air Force District of Washington, Joint Base Andrews, Md. In Gantt's last assignment, he served as the Chief of A5XS 'Skunks' Division, responsible to the Chief of Staff, US Air Force to develop operational concepts and strategy commensurate

  • National Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day 2012

    Today marks the 3rd National Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day in the U.S.Following the tragedy of N.D. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Joe Biel taking his own life after two tours in Iraq, his state senator was moved to action.Senator Kent Conrad, D-N.D., took the national awareness

  • AF top engineers give tips on saving energy, money

    Summer is officially under way. While it means fun in the sun for Airmen and their families, it can be an expensive, wasteful time of year for the Air Force. Utility bills on installations often rise drastically as air conditioning units and sprinkler systems work to keep up. The Air Force spends

  • Air Force emphasizes ATV safety during Critical Days of Summer

    Riding all-terrain vehicles is a popular recreational activity, but it can also be dangerous. ATV riding resulted in a reported 317 deaths and an estimated 115,000 emergency room-treated injuries in 2010, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.The Air Force recognizes ATV riding's

  • AFDW/CC confirmed for 18 AF position, third star

    Maj. Gen. Darren McDew has been confirmed for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and for assignment as commander, Eighteenth Air Force, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. McDew was nominated for his new rank and position by the Secretary of the Air Force through the

  • New Financial Guidance May Help Troops as They Move

    New guidance to mortgage servicers may help tens of thousands of military homeowners moving to new duty stations, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau officials said today.The bureau, along with mortgage service industry regulators, is issuing joint supervisory guidance to address mortgage service

  • AFDW gains four new technical sergeants

    Headquarters Air Force District of Washington gained four new technical sergeants from the 8,518 staff sergeants selected for promotion June 19.Air Force Personnel Center officials released the list of selectees from the 12E6 election board at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (8 a.m. Central Daylight

  • Weapons school integrates cyber warfare

    Eight Air Force weapons officers completed the first cyber weapons instructor course at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, 328th Weapons Squadron, June 16 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.Weapons officers are tactical experts trained in the art of battlespace dominance who instruct the Air Force's