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  • Officials change promotion policy regarding senior NCO academy

    Completion of the resident Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy or a sister service equivalent will be required for promotion to senior master sergeant effective Jan. 1, an Air Force personnel official said recently. This policy change supersedes the current policy which requires Air

  • Alconbury offers spooky experience

    Fancy a good haunting? Are you brave enough to meet ghoulish characters and twisted souls and be prepared to get scared out of your wits? Then look no further than the haunted house at RAF Alconbury. The Airmen at the air base are looking forward to frightening you. One thing everyone can agree on

  • Energy Misconceptions

    Screen savers save energy  FALSE  Screen savers don't save energy It's cheaper to leave a fluorescent light on rather than switch it off  FALSE  It is much cheaper to turn lights off when not in use even for a very short amount of time It's better to leave a monitor on because continually turning

  • Stop loss Airmen eligible for compensation

    Current and former Airmen who were involuntarily held on active duty beyond an approved separation or retirement date as a direct result of stop loss between Sept. 11, 2001, and Sept. 30, 2009, may be eligible for a Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay compensation of $500 for each month they were

  • New Keith Hill Painting Unveiled on 66th Anniversary of WWII Mission

    When the B17 Flying Fortress "Cat O' Nine Tails" crashed in his back yard on October 14, 1943, Jim Gell was just an infant and his brother Andrew was not yet born. Exactly 66 years later the two brothers joined JIOCEUR Analytic Center Deputy Commander, Navy Capt. Henry J. "Harry" Babin, on October

  • Our journey

    We began our journey down the road of paperwork and bureaucracy mostly to save us time at the end of our tour in Norway, when we knew Chamila would have to get an immigrant visa. It was just one of those formalities that would be weighing on us as our tour in Stavanger ended. After talking to the

  • Leadership in challenging times: Integrity also means consistency

    Every Airman knows that "Integrity First" is the foundational pillar of our core values, and we all understand what it means. We will always strive to do the right thing and be honest in all that we do. I also believe integrity carries with it the idea of consistency in how we conduct every aspect

  • 501st Quarterly Award Winners announced

    Congratulations to the following 501st Team Members for being selected as the third quarter winners: Airman: Airman 1st Class Thomas R LeNeave II, 422nd Communications Squadron NCO: Tech. Sgt. Vanessa L. McMackin, 501st Combat Support Wing SNCO: Master Sgt. Christopher Marshall, 421st Air Base