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VA sets record for disability benefits delivered to women vets
A record number of women veterans are receiving disability compensation benefits from VA.
More senior airmen, fewer overall enlisted expected in next few years
The shift to more E-4 billets, and fewer E-5s, marks the first major change to how enlisted airmen are spread across the ranks in nearly 20 years.
Online promotion tests for enlisted airmen are coming soon
A pilot program for online Weighted Airman Promotion System tests would likely involve multiple bases around the globe.
Over 500 airmen promoted to colonel as open slots stagnate
About one-third of eligible lieutenant colonels — 555 of nearly 1,800 — were tapped to pin on the full bird.
Technical sergeant promotion rate plummets to lowest level in a decade
Sixteen percent of nearly 34,000 eligible staff sergeants were tapped for promotion to technical sergeant.
No foul play in moving Space Command to Alabama, Pentagon watchdog says
The Pentagon watchdog found that the Air Force followed the rules in picking Redstone Arsenal, but it questioned whether the service’s base-selection process leads to the best fit.
Biden pledges $800 million in new aid to Ukraine, will ask Congress for more
President Biden says he will send $800 million more in military aid to help Ukraine, adding that as his authority to draw from U.S. military stockpiles surpasses $3 billion, he will need to ask Congress for more funding.
Russia, inflation and Washington gridlock: Biden’s next defense budget is still a big question mark
If Russian President Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine, defense analysts foresee a boost in the U.S. troop presence in Europe that would trigger a supplemental defense funding request to Congress so as not to deplete other Pentagon accounts.
By Joe Gould