http://www.airforcetimes.com en-us Copyright 2013, airforcetimes.com SaxoTech Online Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:02:59 -0400 15 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS/306180022 Permanent change of station and temporary duty assignments to Peterson Air Force Base, Schriever Air Force Base, Cheyenne Mountain Air Station and the U.S. Air Force Academy have been restored, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced today. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS/306180022 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS04/306180038 The future of a long-stymied Air Force effort to buy new combat search-and-rescue helicopters is one again uncertain as top-level generals are intensely debating the type of aircraft and which arm of the service is best suited to conduct this critical mis Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:51:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS04/306180038 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/CAREERS/306180035 Special Operations Command may require special exemptions from the Pentagon's plan to open all military jobs to women by 2016, a top SOCOM general said Tuesday. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/CAREERS/306180035 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/BENEFITS04/306180036 Three members of a Veterans Affairs Department advisory committee on Persian Gulf War illnesses walked out of a meeting in Washington, D.C., on Monday to protest planned changes to the board's makeup - alterations they say are designed to neuter the often outspoken panel. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:13:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/BENEFITS04/306180036 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS08/306180026 The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said the Afghan military may need some operational support beyond the planned end of combat operations there in late 2014. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:58:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS08/306180026 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS01/306180032 An Army helicopter may be the solution to the Air Force's need for security at the nation's intercontinental ballistic missile sites. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:33:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS01/306180032 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS01/306180031 While at Andrews Air Force Base a couple of weeks ago to recognize some of the airmen from the 11th Logistics Readiness Squadron for their contribution to the 'Airmen Powered by Innovation' campaign, I took the opportunity to speak to the squadron about s Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:31:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS01/306180031 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS01/306180030 The all-but-obsolete C-130H is a symbol of the ridiculous situation lawmakers put Air Force leaders in. Those leaders, under intense pressure to slash $10.8 billion this year under sequestration, have cut thousands of airmen and grounded squadrons because they don't have enough money for flying hours. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:31:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS01/306180030 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS02/306180024 The Louisiana National Guard's highest officer has fired his top enlisted adviser for alleged sexual harassment. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS02/306180024 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS05/306180018 The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense of spy operations that wa Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS05/306180018 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS02/306180014 National Guard and Reserve airmen who have served nontraining active-duty tours over the past five years have been accumulating credits that can significantly reduce their eligibility age for retirement benefits, according to officials with the Air Force Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:28:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS02/306180014 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS05/306180016 Reservists and veterans would be actively recruited for border security jobs, with incentives including student loan repayment and signing bonuses, under a bipartisan Senate plan unveiled Monday. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:03:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS05/306180016 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS08/306180002 Afghan forces have taken over the lead from the U.S.-led NATO coalition for security nationwide, President Hamid Karzai announced Tuesday in a significant milestone in the 12-year war. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:31:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS08/306180002 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS/306180011 Air Force chief defends turf Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:08:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130618/NEWS/306180011 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS05/306170021 Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations forces. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:41:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS05/306170021 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/BENEFITS05/306170015 There's a change happening Air Force-wide in the mortuary affairs program, and most may not know about it until, well, it's too late. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:08:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/BENEFITS05/306170015 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS/306170022 The Air Force has removed limits on how many first-term airmen can re-enlist for six career fields, while it has lowered the number of airmen who can re-enlist for an additional 17 career fields Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:08:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS/306170022 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS/306170006 The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reassured hundreds of airmen Monday that recent nuclear weapons missteps at their North Dakota base would be corrected, but he didn't elaborate on the 'failures of leadership' he blames for causing the problems. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:01:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS/306170006 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS04/306170010 Rosie the Riveter returned to her factory, just a few months before it's likely to be demolished. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:19:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS04/306170010 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS06/306170029 A huge database of troop names and email addresses an Army private allegedly downloaded to a personal computer could be used by foreign adversaries to launch cyberattacks on service members, a government witness said Monday as the trial of Pfc. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:27:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS06/306170029 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/CAREERS03/306170018 NASA has eight new astronauts - its first new batch in four years. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:25:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/CAREERS03/306170018 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS06/306170004 Senior Airman Dcoridrion Hicks achieved in June 2012 the elite title of master military training instructor, a feat no other MTI of his rank had accomplished in at least a decade. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:11:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS06/306170004 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS02/306170011 Hundreds of Wisconsin National Guard members face furloughs as the result of the automatic federal budget cuts that took effect earlier this year. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:04:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS02/306170011 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS/306170009 An airman with the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base died in a canoeing accident over the weekend. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:12:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS/306170009 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS04/306170008 Peace activists are marching across eastern Iowa to protest a plan to fly unmanned aircraft from an air base in Des Moines. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:05:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS04/306170008 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130616/CAREERS/306160008 After four failures on his physical training test, Tech. Sgt. Patrick Kennedy knew he needed to change. He had been active for five years, and has been in the Reserves for another seven. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:53:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130616/CAREERS/306160008 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130616/NEWS08/306160011 The Obama administration, trying to avoid getting drawn deeper into Syria's civil war, has pointed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a symbol of what can go wrong when America's military wades into Middle East conflicts. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:34:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130616/NEWS08/306160011 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130616/NEWS08/306160010 One of the most significant turning points in one of America's longest and costliest wars is imminent: Afghanistan's fledgling security forces are taking the lead for security nationwide, bringing the moment of truth on the question of whether they are re Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:24:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130616/NEWS08/306160010 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130615/NEWS/306150005 NATO has largely stopped flying close-air support missions for Afghan security forces Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:25:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130615/NEWS/306150005 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130615/NEWS05/306150011 For more than three months, the U.S. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:09:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130615/NEWS05/306150011 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130615/CAREERS03/306150009 The primary air wing at Scott Air Force Base in southern Illinois has a new commander. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:52:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130615/CAREERS03/306150009 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/OFFDUTY02/306140030 Navy Lt. Scott Metcalf was eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new Xbox One. Now he's not even sure if he'll buy one. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:47:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/OFFDUTY02/306140030 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS04/306140020 The Air Force is disputing the claim of a former Predator sensor operator who claims to have participated in missions that killed more than 1,600 people. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:45:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS04/306140020 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS06/306140037 An Air Force recruiter has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault and other offenses. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:45:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS06/306140037 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS05/306140027 The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault as outrage over the crisis in the military has galvanized Congress. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:36:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS05/306140027 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/BENEFITS06/306140042 The Veterans Affairs hospital in Fayetteville says documents containing the personal information of nearly 1,100 veterans were found in a recycling bin two months ago. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:44:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/BENEFITS06/306140042 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS05/306140041 A Pentagon inspector general's report says U.S. special operations forces who participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden were in uniform and wearing nametags during a CIA award ceremony attended by the writer of the film ' Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:37:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS05/306140041 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/306140040 A unit from Ohio's largest military base is on a mission to deliver more than 500 meals from a nonprofit group for residents of Haiti. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:32:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/306140040 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/EDU/306140038 More than $1 million in scholarships will be awarded to 670 military children in July through the 'Scholarships for Military Children' program. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:04:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/EDU/306140038 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/306140001 A former New York Air National Guard officer's allegations of abuse within a high-profile unit are more evidence of a 'systemic crisis' in the nation's armed forces, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Friday. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:58:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/306140001 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/306140025 Leaders in Moore are working to rebuild and repair facilities at the Veterans Memorial Park that were destroyed in last month's EF5 tornado. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:12:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/306140025 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/BENEFITS06/306140024 The House Appropriations Committee has taken steps to block the U.S. Special Operations Command's efforts to create separate programs for mental health, education and family resiliency. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:04:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/BENEFITS06/306140024 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/306140022 Actor Tom Hanks has donated $25,000 to Camp Toccoa at Currahee Inc. for its ambitious restoration of the World War II paratrooper training camp. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:50:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/306140022 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS05/306140018 House appropriators have voted to reduce funding for permanent change-of-station moves in their defense appropriations bill for fiscal 2014. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:40:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS05/306140018 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/306140016 It's both what students do - and don't do - when facing the American flag that unsettled Brevard School Board member Andy Ziegler. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:06:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/306140016 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS05/306140015 During its work Thursday on the 2014 defense policy bill, the House of Representatives took up and passed a grab bag of amendments that will, if they become law, affect the lives of service members and their families: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:56:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS05/306140015 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS08/306140013 President Obama's decision to authorize lethal aid to Syrian rebels marks a deepening of U.S. involvement in the two-year civil war. But U.S. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:42:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS08/306140013 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS08/306140008 A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to evidence Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:20:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS08/306140008 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS08/306140011 The NATO military coalition in Afghanistan has denied a United Nations report that a coalition airstrike killed three children in eastern Afghanistan. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:40:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS08/306140011 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS08/306140004 A unit from Ohio's largest military base plans to deliver more than 500 meals from a nonprofit group for residents of Haiti. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:03:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS08/306140004 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/CAREERS03/306130029 The commander in charge of training and proficiency for the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., has been relieved of duty. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:36:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/CAREERS03/306130029 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/BENEFITS02/306130030 A key Republican said Thursday he'll propose cutting cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security recipients and military and federal civilian retirees in an effort to find more money for defense programs. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:49:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/BENEFITS02/306130030 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS/306130013 A lieutenant colonel who saw his sexual assault conviction overturned in part because a three-star general thought he was a committed husband turns out to have a child from an affair more than eight years ago, the Air Force confirmed. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:46:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS/306130013 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS05/306130031 The Obama administration announced today it will provide military assistance to Syrian rebels, but that does not include a no-fly zone, an administration official said. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:46:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS05/306130031 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS02/306130024 The military is providing 10 aircraft, more than 40 firefighters and multiple fire trucks and bulldozers to help civilian agencies fight the Black Forest wildfire. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:32:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS02/306130024 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/OFFDUTY04/306130014 More than half of the 16 off-duty fatalities last summer involved motorcycles. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:22:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/OFFDUTY04/306130014 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS/306130021 Some boys pretend to be sports heroes. Some even pretend to be soldiers. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:22:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS/306130021 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS06/306130009 A military jury in South Texas has convicted a Houston-area recruiter on multiple sexual assault-related counts. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:20:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS06/306130009 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS06/306130033 Angered by the epidemic of sexual assault in the military, the House on Thursday endorsed a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison for a member of the armed services convicted of rape or sexual assault in a military court. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:59:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS06/306130033 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS08/306130025 The United States has conclusive evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has used chemical weapons against opposition forces seeking to overthrow the government, crossing what President Barack Obama has called a 'red line' that would trigger Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:31:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS08/306130025