May 7, 2021 Roth, Brown, Raymond present Air, Space Forces priorities to Congress Appearing alongside Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, Roth told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense that the Air and Space Forces continue to recalibrate their practices, personnel and policies to address “peer
April 6, 2021 Air Force celebrates April as Month of the Military Child Each year, communities worldwide look to April as an important month for children who have one or both parents or guardians serving in uniform.
March 22, 2021 AFWERX crowns 2021 Spark Tank winner The Spark Tank event allows Airmen to offer improvements and solutions to the problems they face in everyday operations.
March 2, 2021 Air Force finalizes PT uniform design; will begin production process This is the first update to the PT uniform in more than 16 years, and more than 150 Airmen participated in testing the uniform.
March 2, 2021 New ‘Digital Literacy’, ‘Fosters Inclusion’ foundational competencies now in MyVector self-assessment tool As part of that effort, the Air Force has formally added “Digital Literacy” and “Fosters Inclusion” as Air Force foundational competencies, and both have been incorporated into the “Pathfinder 2021” self-assessment tool in MyVector that allows Airmen to assess themselves and review resources to
March 1, 2021 Air Force announces officer stratification guidance “As we execute Action Order A (Airman), we must remain focused on a culture of transparency,” said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. “By strengthening our officer stratification policy, we are meeting that intent. This step is necessary to give officers a full understanding of
Feb. 10, 2021 Department of the Air Force leaders focus on resiliency Senior leaders are focused on building and growing resilience by establishing a task force called Operation Arc Care. This task force is currently reviewing resilience programs and overarching strategy using a phased approach which began in November.
Feb. 10, 2021 All services including Department of the Air Force to furnish adverse information to officer promotion boards in designated grades, circumstances The Department of the Air Force announced it is establishing policy to comply with the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 and newly released DoDI 1320.14 requiring all services to furnish adverse information to promotion boards considering officers for promotion to the regular
Feb. 2, 2021 Air Force announces Airmen leadership qualities The Airman leadership qualities are expected to form the basis for the future officer and enlisted performance reporting systems. The alignment between evaluating units and evaluating Airmen is intended to further emphasize and accelerate an understanding and adoption of the associated leadership
Jan. 28, 2021 ‘Continuity,’ ‘maintaining momentum’ define John Roth’s goals as acting Air Force secretary After decades of distinguished service, including at the highest levels of the Air Force’s leadership, John P. Roth decided recently it was time to retire.