• Outreach 'essential' to suicide prevention, official says

    Preventing suicide among servicemembers and veterans calls for comprehensive education and communication, the director of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury said here July 14.Testifying before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Army Col. Robert

  • Air Combat Command promotes CCAF degree

    Although having a Community College of the Air Force degree is important for all Airmen, Air Combat Command is encouraging its technical sergeants to achieve this educational goal.Currently, the command is seven points below the Air Force average of 42 percent, but the goal is to have 50 percent of

  • Cancer survivor takes on challenge of open road

    A C-130 Hercules flight engineer with more than 700 deployed flying hours who is also a cancer survivor is riding his bike 4,000 miles across the U.S.Senior Airman Brian Petras from the 50th Airlift Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., is participating in the Sea to Shining Sea ride hosted

  • 772nd EAS set significant airdrop record

    The men and women of the 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Kandahar Airfield have made historic contributions in the area of responsibility by conducting combat airdrop missions and delivering more than 8.5 million pounds of supplies to troops at forward operating bases over a 16-month

  • Saving energy through IDEA program

    Air Mobility Command leaders are encouraging Airmen to focus on energy savings during the month of July and submit ideas using the IDEA Program.The IDEA Program awards approved ideas with tangible and intangible benefits. Each individual who makes an eligible contribution during the month of July

  • Air Force launches new uniform Web site

    The Air Force launched a new public Web site this month to help educate and inform Airmen about the service's dress and appearance standards and policies. The Air Force Directorate of Service's Uniforms and Recognition Branch created the Web site, in conjunction with the Air Force Personnel Center

  • Officials announce NCO retraining program dates

    Approximately 4,345 Airmen will have the opportunity beginning July 15 to retrain as part of the fiscal 2011 NCO Retraining Program, Air Force officials announced.The NCORP is a two-phase program designed to sustain the enlisted force by moving second-term and career Airmen from overage Air Force

  • 314th AW makes donation to Jacksonville Military Museum

    Col. Charles K. Hyde, 314th Airlift Wing commander, and representatives from Lockheed-Martin presented a copy of a 360-degree C-130 Training Program to the Jacksonville Museum of Military History during a ceremony at the museum July 15. The digital picture display provides patrons a virtual tour of

  • Seven Little Rock Airmen punished under Article 15 in June

    During the month of June, seven Airmen were given non-judicial punishment under Article 15, Uniform Code of Military Justice.- An airman first class from the 314th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron possessed K-2 "spice." The member received a reduction to the rank of airman and a reprimand.- An airman