• Taking care of caregivers

    Deployments are a way of life in today's Air Force. Accordingly, Air Force members plan ahead and anticipate many contingencies while they are deployed.One plan that's required by all Air Force members with families is a family care plan that reasonably covers all situations, short and long term.

  • Air Force officials extend deadline for warrior games applications

    Air Force officials are accepting applications until Feb. 15 for the inaugural Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo.Wounded, ill and injured servicemembers will compete across all branches of the military in a joint effort between the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Olympic Committee.

  • Developmental opportunities in WMD for civilians/officers

    Officials are requesting nominations for a professional military education course in the study of weapons of mass destruction.The Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction at the National Defense University announced recently the call for nominations to the 2010 program for emerging

  • $3,000 emergency advanced payment information and guidance

    In late 2009, the Department of Veterans Affairs authorized emergency advanced payments of $3,000 to veterans who had not received education benefits during the Fall 2009 semester. In addition to providing payments to veterans, some payments were made to Airmen on active duty and possibly some

  • Little Rock leaders gets glimpse of Total Force Integration

    Lt. Col. Chris Cantu, acting commander for the 19th Operations Group at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., visited the men and women of the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing Jan. 8 to gain a better perspective of the wing's ongoing active association with the 52nd Airlift Squadron, an Active

  • Little Rock AFB C-130s continue Haiti relief efforts

    Eight C-130s and more than 40 Airmen from four base squadrons are part of the massive Air Mobility Command airlift mission to support Haitian earthquake relief as part of Operation Unified Response. Aircrews and C-130s from the 41st, 50th, 53rd, and 61st Airlift Squadrons are flying missions to