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Blended retirement system training now available (USAF - United States Air Force)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Jun 2016
(Source. USAF - United States Air Force) WASHINGTON (AFNS) --. Online training designed to educate Airmen about the new Blended Retirement System, the Defense Department system with changes on the current military retirement system, is now available via Joint Knowledge Online course number P-US1330. The course is also available to those without a Common Access Card -- to include family members -- via an alternate website ... 1, 2018 ... Gen....

Canadian exercise trains new generation of Dobbins C-130 warfighters (USAF - United States Air Force)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Jun 2016
(Source. USAF - United States Air Force) ALBERTA, Canada (AFNS) --. More than 70 Airmen from the 94th Airlift Wing recently took part in Maple Flag 49, an annual international air exercise, at 4 Wing Cold Lake in Alberta. Each year, allied forces from around the world seek to prepare their service members for tactical global operations ... Lt. Col ... They serve as aircraft commanders ... This helps us to develop skilled tactical warfighters.'....

Retired AF general becomes head of women’s defense advisory committee (USAF - United States Air Force)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Jun 2016
(Source. USAF - United States Air Force) WASHINGTON (AFNS) --. Retired Air Force Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger took office June 15 as the chairperson of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS), Pentagon officials announced. She succeeds retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Frances C. Wilson. Wolfenbarger was commissioned in 1980 as a graduate of the U.S ... DACOWITS was established in 1951 by then-Defense Secretary George C....

Camp Lemonnier to increase air traffic safety with new radar system (USAF - United States Air Force)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Jun 2016
(Source. USAF - United States Air Force) CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti (AFNS) --. The Air Force began construction on a new AN/GPN-27 Airport Surveillance Radar System tower and shelter on Camp Lemonnier in May, with plans for it to be fully operational by August ... 'Two weeks ago there was nothing but concrete blocks out there. Now there is a rotating antenna, construction lights are on, and systems are on ... (noodl. 34133711) ....

Military women highlighted at summit (USAF - United States Air Force)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Jun 2016
(Source. USAF - United States Air Force) WASHINGTON (AFNS) --. The American people need to know that the U.S. military is a true meritocracy that's open to all citizens who meet service standards, Air Force Gen. Lori J. Robinson said at the White House-sponsored United State of Women Summit here June 14. Robinson, the commander of U.S ... Washington Convention Center. She is the first female U.S. combatant commander ... The Constitution ... (noodl....

Welsh: Joint force in excellent shape, but needs resources, prioritization (USAF - United States Air Force)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Jun 2016
(Source. USAF - United States Air Force) WASHINGTON (AFNS) --. The joint force is in excellent shape, but leaders must pay attention to it, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III told the Defense Writers Group here June 15. Welsh, a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to the group as one of his last public acts in office. He retires later this month after 40 years in uniform ... Transnational, multi-domain threats ... (noodl....

Standing tall: Amputee Airmen seek to defy odds in therapy sessions (USAF - United States Air Force)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Jun 2016
(Source. USAF - United States Air Force) BETHESDA, Md. (AFNS) --. After a sprint around an indoor track with her prosthetic running blade, Heather Carter stopped, visibly tired. She smiled and began to sprint another lap. The medically retired senior airman once rounded the bases for the Air Force softball team until a freak accident severely injured her left leg as she raced to first base during a game in 2010 ... Goal oriented ... Custom fit....

Torch lighting, honoring Vietnam vets kicks off 2016 Warrior Games (USAF - United States Air Force)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Jun 2016
(Source. USAF - United States Air Force) WEST POINT, N.Y. (AFNS) --. The 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games began here when Army Capt. Kelly Elmlinger, with help from comedian Jon Stewart, lit the official torch during the event's opening ceremonies at the U.S. Military Academy. 'Being selected to light the torch is as much an honor and privilege as competing for Team Army,' Elmlinger said ... Tenacity ... Resilience. Army Lt. Gen. Robert L....

'Broke' Team Nigeria Can't Pay Visa Fees for Athletes

Edit All Africa 15 Jun 2016
[Guardian] The 'poor' preparation by Team Nigeria for this year's Rio Olympic Games has taken a new dimension if the revelation by an official of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) yesterday is anything to go by ... ....

BLUE: Charlie Mike to Recovery (USAF - United States Air Force)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Jun 2016
(Source ... MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- Through the fog of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic injuries, and illness, American veterans realize that the ability to regain control of their minds and bodies lies within their own hands....

AF recovers data after Automated Case Tracking System outage (USAF - United States Air Force)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Jun 2016
(Source. USAF - United States Air Force) WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- ... Although the brief data loss caused some delays in processing IG inquiries, the recovery allows the service to move forward with minimal impact ... Public permalinkhttp.//www.publicnow.com/view/B89861883716BC2E7EABE9A59E07CCE7D0181F04. (noodl. 34117411) ....

Hanscom historian captures share of Air Force-level award (USAF - United States Air Force)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Jun 2016
(Source. USAF - United States Air Force) HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (AFNS) --. Base historian Randy Bergeron has earned a share of the Dennis F. Casey Award for Excellence in Periodic History in the Albert S. Simpson Category for co-authoring the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's periodic history last year. Bergeron was recognized for superior historical services in writing the AFLCMC periodic history along with Dr ... (noodl....

Around the world in 14 days (USAF - United States Air Force)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Jun 2016
(Source. USAF - United States Air Force) DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AFNS) --. In 1873, Phileas Fogg, the fictional protagonist in Jules Verne's 'Around the World in Eighty Days' circumnavigated the globe by rail and steamer ship in, of course, 80 days. Unfortunately for Fogg, he did not have access to a C-5M Super Galaxy to accomplish this feat quicker ... Col. Matthew Husemann, the 9th AS commander, said, referring to the unit's mascot ... Sgt....
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