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  • Air Force promotions eliminates time-in-grade, time-in-service points

    Time-in-grade and time-in-service points in active duty enlisted promotion consideration will be eliminated beginning with the 17E7 master sergeant promotion cycle, and all future promotion cycles, the Air Force recently announced. This is the final step in a gradual reduction of points for TIG/TIS

  • CSAF announces CMSAF #18

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein named Chief Master Sgt. Kaleth O. Wright to serve as the 18th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Nov. 16, 2016.

  • JBLE plan preapares Langley AFB for sea level rise

    One hundred years ago the National Advisory Council for Aeronautics identified the coastal area that is now Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia as ideal for conducting NACA, U.S. Army and U.S. Navy missions.Despite challenges caused by the sea level rise, the base’s location on the Chesapeake Bay

  • Green Flag complete: Shaw pilots, maintainers return home

    Team Shaw Airmen assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing returned home Nov. 10, after participating in Green Flag 17-2 at Nellis AFB, Nevada.Green Flag is an exercise that provides air-to-ground operational training, and the F-16CM Fighting Falcons flew out of Nellis AFB to support Army troops on the

  • 2016 Federal Benefits Open Season runs through Dec. 12

    The Office of Personnel Management has set the dates for the 2016 Federal Benefits Open Season from Nov. 14 through Dec 12, which includes the Federal Employees Health Benefits program, the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance program and the Federal Flexible Spending Accounts program. Open

  • Moody tests capabilities with 'surge' exercise

    Team Moody’s 23d Wing and 93d Air Ground Operations Wing worked alongside various units and military branches while demonstrating their capabilities during a surge exercise.For the first time, the wing-wide readiness assessment conducted by the installation’s Inspector General team allowed each

  • 20th FW, Coast Guard participate in water survival training

    Pilots assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing participated in water survival training at Coast Guard Station Tybee, Georgia, Nov. 8. The water survival training gave pilots an opportunity to practice procedures and tactics used to survive an aircraft ejection over water.

  • Sumter salutes veterans with parade, ceremony

    Hundreds of veterans, active-duty service members and members of the community took over Main Street for the second annual Veterans Day parade in Sumter, South Carolina, Nov. 11.Team Shaw had strong representation from the base honor guard leading the parade to the formations and various military