Dec. 8, 2021

Department of the Air Force releases COVID-19 policy

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The Department of the Air Force released its policy today outlining the way forward for Total Force military members serving in the Air Force and Space Force who have requested separation or retirement prior to Nov. 2, 2021, or whose COVID-19 medical exemption or religious accommodation was denied.

Dec. 7, 2021

Sword Athena drives change in maternity uniform accessibility

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. (AFNS) — Sword Athena is designed to identify, tackle and present solutions to female and family-centric barriers to readiness using crowd-sourced topics and a Mission Area Working Group model. In response to an outbrief with Air Combat Command commander, Gen. Mark D. Kelly, Sword Athena partnered with Army and Air Force Exchange Services executives to increase availability of maternity uniforms in stores and sizing guides online.

Dec. 6, 2021

Effective March 31, 2022 Airman Leadership Qualities will be integrated into feedback

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Effective March 31, 2022, the 10 Airman Leadership Qualities will be integrated into feedback for all Airmen, enlisted and officer, across all ranks. The ALQs will also form the basis for the new officer and enlisted evaluation systems projected for release later in 2022.

Dec. 3, 2021

Department of the Air Force reaches 95% Total Force vaccination rate

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — This final deadline for Department of the Air Force service members to be fully vaccinated resulted in more than 95% of the total force having at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose.

Dec. 1, 2021

Air Force to field new bladder relief device, works toward ‘suite of options’

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. (AFNS) — The Air Force recognized that current devices were not optimized for long-duration sorties, and as a result, aircrew were routinely dehydrating themselves to delay the need for bladder relief. Dehydration can lead to reduced endurance and G-force tolerance while in the aircraft, as well as other negative health issues.

Nov. 12, 2021

Air Force releases alternate component fitness score charts

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — After announcing the components in July, over 9,000 data points were collected to determine the point values for each component by assessing approximately 2,000 Airmen from 23 installations.

Nov. 10, 2021

DFAS launches new kind of myPay account for military gray-area retirees

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A new kind of myPay account is now available from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service for Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve “gray-area retirees” awaiting age 60 to receive retired pay.

Nov. 9, 2021

Department of the Air Force releases findings on Interpersonal Violence survey

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — After the Secretary of the Air Force established the Interpersonal Violence Task Force in 2020, the team examined a broad range of 81 behaviors along what is known as the “Continuum of Harm” to determine if the DAF is keeping Airmen and Guardians safe, and providing needed support after they experience any kind of interpersonal violence.

Nov. 8, 2021

SkillBridge updates to impact Airmen, Guardians

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The SkillBridge program is an opportunity for service members to gain valuable civilian work experience through specific-industry training, apprenticeships or internships.

Nov. 5, 2021

Current Operations

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of the Air Force Reserve Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy White,  Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of Air Force Reserve and Command Chief Master Sergeant of Air Force Reserve Command, update our Reserve Citizen Airmen on Afghanistan and COVID-19 vaccines.