May 26, 2021
Air Force releases updated fitness test score breakdown
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Without the waist measurement as a scored component, push-ups and sit-ups will increase from 10 to 20 points each, while the 1.5-mile run will remain at 60 points. Scoring will fall into five-year age groups, as opposed to the previous 10.
April 22, 2021
Air Force rewrites basic doctrine, focuses on mission command, airpower evolution
MAXWELL AIR FORCE, Ala. (AFNS) — Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. recently signed perhaps the most sweeping change of Air Force basic doctrine in the service’s history, marking a major milestone in the service’s strategic approach to “Accelerate Change or Lose.”
April 8, 2021
Air Force unveils new mission statement
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — The Air Force released its new mission statement: To fly, fight, and win…airpower anytime, anywhere.
April 5, 2021
New ‘Air Force Review Boards Agency’ website launched
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — The Department of the Air Force debuted a new website for past and present Airmen and Guardians to correct their military records, April 5.
Feb. 2, 2021
Air Force announces Airmen leadership qualities
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — The Airman leadership qualities are expected to form the basis for the future officer and enlisted performance reporting systems. The alignment between evaluating units and evaluating Airmen is intended to further emphasize and accelerate an understanding and adoption of the associated leadership qualities.
Feb. 1, 2021
Reserve, Guard ready to take force-shaping troops
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) — The Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard to benefit from active-duty Air Force force-shaping actions made necessary by record Air Force retention levels.
Dec. 7, 2020
Department of the Air Force moves Physical Fitness Assessments to April 2021, removes waist measurement from composite score permanently
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — To ensure social distancing practices remain in place during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and to give Airmen and Space Professionals time to prepare, testing was delayed from October to January and is now further delayed to April.
Nov. 26, 2020
AF Services Center debuts Air Force Gaming
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) — Air Force Gaming made its official debut Nov. 11 under the Air Force Services Center with a new intramural e-sports program.
Nov. 19, 2020
Department of the Air Force restores previous military tuition assistance cap and AF COOL funding
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The Department of the Air Force restored military tuition assistance to $4,500 per fiscal year and Air Force Credentialing Opportunities Online preparatory course funding for fiscal year 2021, effective immediately.