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  • Sequestration is a big deal, so are you

    As you know, budget cuts went into effect March 1. Across the command we took action to help manage the impact and to prepare for a worst-case scenario. We are in the process of cutting non-mission critical travel, base maintenance contracts, and facility projects, and we are anticipating steep cuts

  • RAF Croughton tour astonishes local community leaders

    Twelve members of the Aynho Conservative Club (ACE) and Rotary Club of Brackley received an in-depth tour of RAF Croughton March 5.While many people in the British communities of Aynho, Brackley, Croughton and Evenley may drive by RAF Croughton on a daily basis, they never thought they would have an

  • Time now to get smart on sequestration, furlough

    Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta notified Congress recently that should sequestration occur, the Department of Defense will initiate furlough for its 800,000-plus civilian employees. Congressional notification is required at least 45 days from a planned furlough, with implementation anticipated

  • Sequestration to affect DOD schools, commissaries

    Civilian personnel at Department of Defense Education Activity schools and the Defense Commissary Agency will be affected by sequestration, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said here today.The department will struggle to ensure DODEA -- which serves 84,000 students at 194 schools -- maintains

  • 501st CSW March promotions

    The 501st Combat Support Wing congratulates the following Airmen on their promotion in the month of March:Senior Master SergeantNikki Drago, 423rd Security Forces SquadronTechnical SergeantJonathan Fedorkowicz, 422nd Communications SquadronMatthew McGuinn, 420th Munitions SquadronAjenna Smith, 422nd

  • Five 501st CSW members selected for promotion to senior master sergeant

    The Air Force released the list of 1,367 master sergeants selected for promotion to senior master sergeant today, which included five members of the 501st Combat Support Wing.This list included the following 501st CSW members:Jojo Balmaceda, 422nd Security Forces SquadronSteven Bolton, 423rd Air

  • Sequestration: How USAFE-AFAFRICA may be affected

    As we approach the automatic budget cuts slated to go into effect on March 1, I would like to share some of my thoughts on how our command may be affected and how we will respond. Our outstanding team of resource managers has tirelessly planned for these cuts, and we are prepared to implement them

  • Vouchers offered to Cineworld as base theater closes

    The Army and Air Force Exchange Service-run RAF Alconbury Theater hasn't changed much since it opened at its current location in 1960, however in the last 53 years; the movie industry has changed dramatically. It is because of the cost of keeping up with those changes that the 423rd Force Support

  • If sequestration triggers, furloughs begin in late April

    If sequestration is triggered next week, unpaid furloughs for civilian Defense Department employees will start in late April, Pentagon officials said here today.Sequestration is a provision in budget law that will trigger major across-the-board spending cuts March 1 unless Congress agrees on an