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  • Furloughs affect USAFE-AFAFRICA employees

    More than 1,760 U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa employees are among the Department of Defense civilians required to take 11 furlough days beginning July 8. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced the recent furlough decision during a town hall meeting May 14 in Alexandria, Va. He

  • Hagel explains furloughs in message to workforce

    In a message to the Defense Department workforce, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today explained why he "very reluctantly" decided that a historic budget shortfall necessitates up to 11 unpaid furlough days for most of the department's civilian employees between July 8 and the Sept. 30 end of the

  • Hotel VAT relief available for official UK travel

    U.S. servicemembers and civilians traveling on official orders may now avoid paying Value Added Tax when billeted off-base in non-contract quarters in the United Kingdom. "We were able to reach an agreement with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs to simplify procedures for U.S. Force military and

  • Breedlove to command EUCOM, SHAPE

    As U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove prepares to take command of U.S. European Command and NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, he acknowledged U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Airmen and their importance to the United States' national defense strategy.More than

  • EUCOM JAC'sters take on 'Tough Mudder'

    Navigating zero-visibility, underwater tunnels and engaging in mud-filled trench warfare are activities typically associated with gutsy special operations teams on secret missions. But on May 4, members of the United States European Command Joint Intelligence Operations Center - Europe Analytic

  • 501st CSW May promotions

    The 501st Combat Support Wing congratulates the following Airmen on their promotion in the month of May to:MajorChristopher Schmidt, 501st Combat Support WingMaster SergeantJason Brazel, 423rd Security Forces SquadronJacob Aird, 423rd Force Support SquadronAndrew Jones, 422nd Communications

  • Exercise Tiger tragedy remembered during Cambridge ceremony

    Members of the 423rd Air Base Group and its mission partners commemorated the 69th anniversary of the Exercise Tiger tragedy during a ceremony at Cambridge American Cemetery, in Madingley, United Kingdom, April 23."I laid the wreath for the ceremony to honor the participants of Exercise Tiger,

  • Air Force officials announce civilian Reduction in Force

    In a continuing effort to meet the Department of Defense funding targets in the FY12 President's Budget and re-balance the civilian workforce, approximately 60 Air Force installations will implement civilian Reduction in Force authorities effective through about Aug. 23, to assist in the placement

  • SecAF discusses $114.1 billion budget proposal

    The Air Force's top civilian leader today presented his service's fiscal 2014 $114.1 billion baseline budget request to Congress and shared some of the fiscal challenges the Air Force has faced."As with all budgets, our FY (2014) request represents a snapshot in time," Secretary of the Air Force