Redesigned NCO retraining program begins with voluntary phase

The 2010 Noncommissioned Officer Retraining Program has a new look and focus as the Air Force seeks to fill approximately 1,124 shortage career field and special duty positions. The entire program has been reduced from nine months to 120 days to better serve both Airmen and the Air Force and will

Air Force officials release Staff Sergeant selections

Air Force officials selected 15,223 of 30,574 eligible Senior Airman for promotion to Staff Sergeant for a selection rate of 49.79 percent. The average score for those selected was 275.81, with an average time in grade and time in service of 2.09 and 4.69 years respectively. The average score was

Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center hosts 3rd annual welcome home celebration

Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center will host the 3rd Annual Welcome Home Celebration to honor Veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The festivities for veterans and their families will take place Aug. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Coatesville VA Medical Center's picnic

VA creating 28 new vet centers

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced today that combat veterans will receive readjustment counseling and other assistance in 28 additional communities across the country where the Department of Veterans Affairs will establish vet centers in 2010. "VA is committed to providing

And she said 'Yes!'

Piece of history retires from Jersey Guard

The Airmen of the 108th Air Refueling Wing gathered on the McGuire Air Force Base tarmac the morning of Aug. 07 and said goodbye to an old friend that flew combat missions from Vietnam to Iraq during a 52-year military career. With pieces of chalk, the Airmen signed their names on the gray fuselage

Congressional staff visit McGuire

Photo Essay: The Faces of EAGLE FLAG 2009

More than 160 Airmen and Soldiers and 120 role players, observers and instructors played a role in this year's EAGLE FLAG, a joint exercise sponsored by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center. While EAGLE FLAG typically focuses on the Air Force mission of airbase opening, this year exercised Joint

AMC command chief visits JB MDL

His final flight