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New in 2019: Can fighter squadrons get to 80 percent readiness?
Maintainers working on the F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter jets will have their work cut out for them in the coming year as they try to get those jets’ mission-capable rates up to 80 percent by the beginning of October.
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New in 2019: Is this the year the Air Force fixes the pilot crisis?
The Air Force’s roughly 2,000-pilot shortfall has been one of its most vexing — and public — problems over the last two-plus years. In 2019, the Air Force will see if its efforts to resolve it start to bear fruit.
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New in 2019: Fixing the hypoxia problem — once and for all
The Air Force has pinpointed the cause of an alarming series of hypoxia-like incidents in its T-6 Texan II trainers throughout 2018. In the year ahead, the service will continue working on correcting those problems — for good.
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New in 2019: Squadron overhaul continues to prepare airmen for major war
In June, Air Force leaders signed off on a Squadron Revitalization Implementation Plan. In 2019, the Air Force will continue putting these plans into place.
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New in 2019: Changes to high year of tenure take effect
The Air Force will change its up or out rules for enlisted airmen and continue to work toward an overhaul of the performance evaluation and promotion system for officers.
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New in 2019: The roll-out of the Air Force’s new combat uniform gains steam
The Air Force will ramp up its effort to adopt the new Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform across the entire service in 2019.
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New in 2019: Growing the force — the road to 386 squadrons
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson this year laid out an ambitious plan for growing the Air Force’s operational squadrons by 24 percent as the service prepares for a possible conflict with a major adversary.
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Master Sgt. Chris Raguso died in a helicopter crash in Iraq. Here’s why his father thinks he didn’t die in vain.
Master Sgt. Chris Raguso and six other airmen died March 15 when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq. His life continues to inspire others to serve.
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‘Is this Santa Claus?’ A misprinted ad and a good-hearted colonel sparked NORAD’s Christmas tradition
When Col. Harry Shoup answered the hotline from the Pentagon in December 1955, a small boy asked for Santa Claus. What happened next started a beloved, six-decade-plus tradition.
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To keep pilots from leaving, Air Mobility Command aims to get them back in the air
The percentage of eligible mobility pilots signing up for the Aviation Bonus Program dropped sharply, to 37.9 percent — a six-percentage point decline from the previous year that is raising concerns among Air Mobility Command leaders.
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New in 2019: Can fighter squadrons get to 80 percent readiness?
Maintainers working on the F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter jets will have their work cut out for them in the coming year as they try to get those jets’ mission-capable rates up to 80 percent by the beginning of October.
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New in 2019: Is this the year the Air Force fixes the pilot crisis?
The Air Force’s roughly 2,000-pilot shortfall has been one of its most vexing — and public — problems over the last two-plus years. In 2019, the Air Force will see if its efforts to resolve it start to bear fruit.
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New in 2019: Fixing the hypoxia problem — once and for all
The Air Force has pinpointed the cause of an alarming series of hypoxia-like incidents in its T-6 Texan II trainers throughout 2018. In the year ahead, the service will continue working on correcting those problems — for good.
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New in 2019: Squadron overhaul continues to prepare airmen for major war
In June, Air Force leaders signed off on a Squadron Revitalization Implementation Plan. In 2019, the Air Force will continue putting these plans into place.
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New in 2019: Changes to high year of tenure take effect
The Air Force will change its up or out rules for enlisted airmen and continue to work toward an overhaul of the performance evaluation and promotion system for officers.
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New in 2019: The roll-out of the Air Force’s new combat uniform gains steam
The Air Force will ramp up its effort to adopt the new Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform across the entire service in 2019.
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New in 2019: Growing the force — the road to 386 squadrons
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson this year laid out an ambitious plan for growing the Air Force’s operational squadrons by 24 percent as the service prepares for a possible conflict with a major adversary.
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Master Sgt. Chris Raguso died in a helicopter crash in Iraq. Here’s why his father thinks he didn’t die in vain.
Master Sgt. Chris Raguso and six other airmen died March 15 when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq. His life continues to inspire others to serve.
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‘Is this Santa Claus?’ A misprinted ad and a good-hearted colonel sparked NORAD’s Christmas tradition
When Col. Harry Shoup answered the hotline from the Pentagon in December 1955, a small boy asked for Santa Claus. What happened next started a beloved, six-decade-plus tradition.
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To keep pilots from leaving, Air Mobility Command aims to get them back in the air
The percentage of eligible mobility pilots signing up for the Aviation Bonus Program dropped sharply, to 37.9 percent — a six-percentage point decline from the previous year that is raising concerns among Air Mobility Command leaders.
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New in 2019: Can fighter squadrons get to 80 percent readiness?
Maintainers working on the F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter jets will have their work cut out for them in the coming year as they try to get those jets’ mission-capable rates up to 80 percent by the beginning of October.
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New in 2019: Is this the year the Air Force fixes the pilot crisis?
The Air Force’s roughly 2,000-pilot shortfall has been one of its most vexing — and public — problems over the last two-plus years. In 2019, the Air Force will see if its efforts to resolve it start to bear fruit.
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New in 2019: Fixing the hypoxia problem — once and for all
The Air Force has pinpointed the cause of an alarming series of hypoxia-like incidents in its T-6 Texan II trainers throughout 2018. In the year ahead, the service will continue working on correcting those problems — for good.
-
New in 2019: Squadron overhaul continues to prepare airmen for major war
In June, Air Force leaders signed off on a Squadron Revitalization Implementation Plan. In 2019, the Air Force will continue putting these plans into place.
-
New in 2019: Changes to high year of tenure take effect
The Air Force will change its up or out rules for enlisted airmen and continue to work toward an overhaul of the performance evaluation and promotion system for officers.
-
New in 2019: The roll-out of the Air Force’s new combat uniform gains steam
The Air Force will ramp up its effort to adopt the new Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform across the entire service in 2019.
-
New in 2019: Growing the force — the road to 386 squadrons
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson this year laid out an ambitious plan for growing the Air Force’s operational squadrons by 24 percent as the service prepares for a possible conflict with a major adversary.
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Master Sgt. Chris Raguso died in a helicopter crash in Iraq. Here’s why his father thinks he didn’t die in vain.
Master Sgt. Chris Raguso and six other airmen died March 15 when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq. His life continues to inspire others to serve.
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‘Is this Santa Claus?’ A misprinted ad and a good-hearted colonel sparked NORAD’s Christmas tradition
When Col. Harry Shoup answered the hotline from the Pentagon in December 1955, a small boy asked for Santa Claus. What happened next started a beloved, six-decade-plus tradition.
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To keep pilots from leaving, Air Mobility Command aims to get them back in the air
The percentage of eligible mobility pilots signing up for the Aviation Bonus Program dropped sharply, to 37.9 percent — a six-percentage point decline from the previous year that is raising concerns among Air Mobility Command leaders.
