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Air Force would study allowing beards under proposed defense bill The Air Force currently bars airmen and guardians from growing beards, except for those who have a shaving waiver for medical or ...
Troops to get an average housing allowance boost of over 5% in …
1 day ago · For example, an E-5 with dependents in the Copperas Cove area near Fort Cavazos, Texas, will see a 12.8% increase in BAH, a rate that equates to $180 a month more than 2024.
Defense bill for 2025 would delay F-35 deliveries
4 days ago · Congress is set to cut the number of Lockheed Martin-made F-35s the military wants to buy in 2025 from 68 to 58 under this year’s defense authorization bill. (Airman Belinda Guachun-Chichay/U.S ...
Hundreds of airmen moving from Ellsworth to Grand Forks Air …
5 days ago · Hundreds of airmen and more than a dozen bombers are temporarily relocating Air Force bases beginning this month, the service announced Dec. 2.. Eight hundred service members and 17 B-1B Lancers ...
Will senior enlisted troops see a targeted pay boost in 2026?
5 days ago · Leo covers Congress, Veterans Affairs and the White House for Military Times. He has covered Washington, D.C. since 2004, focusing on military personnel and veterans policies.
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Air Force plans for more flying, flat workforce in 2025
Mar 11, 2024 · This story was updated March 11 at 10:18 p.m. with additional information on sustainment funding and the Space Force. The Department of the Air Force is asking for $217.5 billion in its fiscal ...
How the Air Force plans to overhaul its recruiting efforts
Oct 9, 2024 · The change had been in the works for nearly a year, driven by a desire to remove silos and build organizational consistency, Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein, the head of Air Force recruiting, told ...
New in 2024: Staffing up a shrinking Air Force
Dec 26, 2023 · The Air Force in 2024 plans to shrink its uniformed force, but not by much. In the year ahead, the service hopes to number 502,700 enlisted airmen and officers across the active duty Air Force ...
The Air Force is launching an era of transformation. Can it work?
Oct 16, 2023 · Last year, the Air Force began an intensive effort to undo its top-heavy enlisted corps that it believes lacks enough experience in middle management and has too few lower-level troops for daily ...