WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, July 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: By Kayla Prather, 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Wright-Patterson Air Force Base hosted its technical sergeant release party July 14. Fifty-three Airmen made the list of new selects out of just 5,354 Air Force-wide. With the lowest rate selection in over 25 years, only 14.5% of Airmen made rank this year. "I feel so happy," said Staff Sgt. Cristal Pittman, 711th Human Perfo  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following decision (Case No. 0-NG-3631): * * * Before the Authority: Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman, and Colleen Duffy Kiko, Member 1. Statement of the Case This matter is before the Authority on a negotiability appeal filed by the Union under Sec. 7105(a)(2)(E) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (Statute).[1] The petition for review (petition) concerns two proposals. For the reasons that follow,   more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, July 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Derek Kaufman, Air Force Materiel Command Wartime contingency and campaign planners can learn a lot from a major multi-national exercise, with dozens of aircraft carrying thousands of participants and moving tons of materiel and equipment across the Indo-Pacific theater. Air Force Materiel Command logisticians have worked behind the scenes on Exercise Mobility Guardian 23 since  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, July 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: By Matthew Clouse, AFWERX Project Arc, a grassroots initiative started in 2020 to spur innovation within the Department of the Air Force, is accepting applications for its next six-month temporary duty, or TDY, assignment July 17 to Aug. 4. The program is looking for Airmen and Guardians from all occupations who are obsessed with tech, have a curiosity to tinker  more