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The Air Force has missed its annual recruiting target for eight years running and is asking Congress for $250 million to fund the new bonus pool. Air Force is offering retention bonuses up to ...
DR: Demonstration Air Force Scientist and Engineer External Link; DS: Technical Specialist External Link (page 10) DU: Demonstration Air Force Mission Support External Link; DX: Demonstration Air Force Technician External Link; ES: Executive Schedule; FO, FP, FS: Foreign Service (Department of State, USAID, Commerce, Agriculture)
The move comes on the heels of the Air Force confirming Saturday that course instruction about the Tuskegee Airmen − the more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks in the segregated Army ...
The US Air Force has suspended personnel moves and bonuses through the end of the fiscal year as the service faces a funding shortfall driven by higher-than-expected costs, according to a ...
USAF Command Pilot wings. U.S. Air Force aeronautical ratings are military aviation skill standards established and awarded by the United States Air Force for commissioned officers participating in "regular and frequent flight", [n 1] either aerially or in space, in performance of their duties.
After the creation of the U.S. Air Force as a separate service in 1947, Army Aviation continued to a degree that warranted a new badge for Army Aviators (who piloted light observation and liaison airplanes and helicopters). The result was the creation of the Army Aviator Badge, which is a modified version of the U.S. Air Force Pilot Badge.
Michelle Curran (born 1987) is a veteran United States Air Force (USAF) major and a pilot in the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, or Thunderbirds. Curran was the lead solo pilot for the Squadron. Curran is the fifth woman to fly with the Thunderbirds, her callsign (or nickname) is "MACE".
Fighter pilots were once considered such glamorous gigs that Tom Cruise played one in the hit Hollywood movie, "Top Gun." But now, three decades later, the U.S. Air Force is experiencing such a ...