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U.S. Air Force Academy cadets participate in the annual Acceptance Day Parade. During this event, cadets received their fourth-class shoulder boards to recognize completing Basic Cadet Training (BCT) and to signify their acceptance into the Cadet Wing. The parade took place on the academy’s Stillman Field in Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 5, 2022. (Trevor Cokley/Air Force)

Air Force leaders set new goals to diversify officer corps

The directive aims to create a “force more representative of our nation,” the memo said.

By Rachel S. Cohen

13 months ago

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jewel Favreau, assigned to the 97th Security Forces Squadron, fills out a promotion testing form on May 20, 2020 at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (Tech. Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman/Air Force)

Air Force to test enlisted airmen on good judgment in 2022

Senior airmen seeking promotion could see the new section as soon as March.

By Rachel S. Cohen

22 months ago

Air Force opens ROTC instructor jobs to all noncommissioned officers

Staff sergeants and technical sergeants can apply to teach ROTC cadets in fall 2022.

By Rachel S. Cohen

23 months ago

Air Force ROTC reinstates hundreds of cadets after backlash over cuts

The Air Force has reinstated more than 400 ROTC cadets after an outcry over the decision to drop almost half of all second-year cadets -- nearly 1,000 students.

By Harm Venhuizen

2 years ago

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