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  • Wing leadership announces newest captains

    The 310th Space Wing's newest captain-selects were announced to wing members via e-mail Jan. 7.The two first lieutenants were selected from the 2013 "Second Half" promotion board, bringing the total number of captain promotions for 2013 to three. The 6th Space Operations Squadron's 1st Lt. Cody

  • Enlisted quality force review board to be held in May

    A quality force review board will convene May 5-16 here to consider eligible Airmen for retention, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced recently.The board is one of several fiscal 2014 force management programs that have been or will be implemented to help achieve manpower and force

  • Air Force's newest leader takes charge

    The Air Force's 23rd Secretary of the Air Force was formally sworn in, Dec. 20, in the Pentagon.Deborah James assumed the position of the Air Force's highest ranking leader, making her the second female in Air Force history to serve in the role. As James takes on her new duties, she said she knows

  • Enlisted retention board to convene in June

    An enlisted retention board will convene here in June to consider eligible senior airmen through senior master sergeants for retention, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.The enlisted retention program is one of several expanded force management programs that have been or will be implemented

  • Military youngsters treated to 'Breakfast with Santa,' Olympic competitors

    Most kids wake up to breakfast with family and loved ones. Yet, for a special group of military children Dec. 14, that breakfast included a unique visitor all the way from the North Pole.It was Santa Claus himself who joined Airmen and Soldiers and their families from across the Colorado Springs

  • AF officials announce FY14 civilian workforce shaping

    The Air Force will reduce the size of its civilian workforce by about 900 positions in addition to maintaining approximately 7,000 vacancies across the force to meet the demands of a constrained fiscal 2014 budget, officials announced.Specific reductions by location have not been determined.The Air

  • AF announces additional force management programs to reduce force size

    Air Force leaders announced force management programs Dec. 11 designed to reduce the force by thousands of Airmen over the next five years as a result of sequestration.Fiscal 2014 force management initiatives are in addition to the announcement made in July, stating the Air Force will implement

  • Space Badge renamed, new guidance issued

    The current Space Badge will be renamed the Space Operations Badge beginning Jan. 1, 2014. Wear of the badge will be focused on personnel with core 13S and 1C6 Air Force Specialty Codes, grandfathered are space professionals of all other AFSCs awarded the badge prior to Jan. 1, 2014, and

  • Reservists can now breeze through airport security with TSA 'Precheck'

    Beginning Dec. 20, military members, to include Air Force Reservists, are eligible for expedited Transportation Security Administration screenings at airports and other locations.The TSA and the Department of Defense recently partnered to expand the TSA's "Precheck" program, expediting screening

  • 3rd Quarter award winners for 2013 announced

    Leadership from the 310th Space Wing announced Dec. 3 the wing's the Third Quarter award winners for 2013. In rank category, they are:AirmanSenior Airman Matthew Davis19th Space Operations SquadronNoncommissioned Officer Tech. Sgt. Michael Greenwood7th Space Operations SquadronSenior Noncommissioned