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Air Force to let troops wear green coveralls, camo ballcaps
Airmen and guardians will get to shake up their workday wardrobe with ballcaps and coveralls starting this summer.
Air Force deaths by suicide spiked by one-third in 2019
The spike in suicide deaths among active-duty airmen made 2019 the most devastating year in more than a decade.
Fun in the sun: Flightline shorts on the way for overheated Nellis maintainers
Who wears short shorts?
Cops refueling jets: Small teams, sharing jobs, train to set up airfields in combat
Airmen would wear multiple hats as they set up, defended and operated air bases in possibly contested environments under this system.
Reserve seeks to speed up hiring of maintainers
Direct hire authority will allow units to hire traditional reservists to fill Air Reserve Technician maintenance job much more quickly, without going through the typical competitive rating and ranking processes.
The Air Force still has a serious maintainer staffing problem, GAO says — but no strategy to fix it
GAO found troubling signs of poor morale among Air Force maintainers and declining enlistment rates.
New in 2019: Can fighter squadrons get to 80 percent readiness?
Maintainers working on the F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter jets will have their work cut out for them in the coming year as they try to get those jets’ mission-capable rates up to 80 percent by the beginning of October.
Air Force maintainers brace to meet Mattis' 80-percent readiness order
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has thrown down the gauntlet for the Air Force’s maintainers: Get four out of every five F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter jets ready to fly at any given time. It’s not going to be easy.
New Reserve Command chief wants to give airmen predictability, better pay
Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, the new AFRC commander, says he’s focusing on three things: recruitment, retention and relocation.
By Charlsy Panzino