Hundreds of airmen opt to leave Air Force amid sky-high retention 3 hours ago Airmen of the 730th Air Mobility Squadron load a C-17 engine onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 4. (Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal/Air Force) Hundreds of airmen have decided to leave the Air Force as part of the service’s effort to rebalance a glut of troops who stayed in longer than expected amid the coronavirus pandemic. About six months after it announced record retention rates, at least in part spurred by economic uncertainty, the Air Force said Thursday it will end its voluntary force management initiatives May 27.
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COVID left the Air Force overmanned. Now’s your chance to get out early or go Reserve. January 19 Instructor pilots from the 47th Training Wing at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas prepare to take off in T-38s. The Air Force has announced an expanded Palace Chase program and active-duty service commitment waivers to help it voluntarily reduce a coronavirus-driven overmanning problem. (Airman 1st Class Anne McCready/Air Force) The Air Force said Tuesday it is offering a series of voluntary force management programs to some officers and enlisted airmen in a variety of career fields, as part of an effort to fix a coronavirus-driven overmanning problem.
The 354th Fighter Wing and 168th Wing Air National Guard completed a combat readiness exercise on Friday
The drill tested the Air Forces ability to rapidly deploy combat air power at Eielson Air Base, in Alaska, close to the Arctic Circle
The formation saw eighteen F-35A Lightning IIs plus twelve F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing line the runway. They were accompanied by two KC-135 Stratotankers from the 168th Wing
The formation known as the Elephant Walk tested the rapid response of readiness of every single aircraft present at the base
The Russian military is also known to have recent deployed MiG-31 Foxhound long-range interceptor planes to their base in Anadyr, in the Chukotka region, directly opposite Alaska
Air Force slashes reenlistment bonuses due to COVID overmanning December 15, 2020 An Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, operates the canopy of his parachute while conducting a high altitude, high opening military free fall jump working with a C-130J Super Hercules flown by the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in March 2018. Pararescuemen are among the career fields still eligible for enlisted retention bonuses under a sharply curtailed program this year. (Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook/Air Force) Some enlisted airmen in 37 undermanned and vital career fields will be eligible for bonuses if they choose to re-enlist in fiscal 2021, the Air Force said Dec. 10.