U.S. Air Force operators assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and Joint Personnel Recovery Center perform high-altitude, low-opening training jumps from a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J ...

The Air Force's new leadership decided to bring duty patches back, and said they are a way for airmen to tell their own story ...

The Air Force has revamped its strength test for new recruits for the first time in more than 20 years as it tries to diversify a host of traditionally male career fields. Prospective airmen are now ...

Banned a year ago to emphasize a “warfighting team,” the patches that identify an airman’s job are once again allowed on ...

Eighty-nine Air Force career fields will be eligible for retention bonuses in 2025, according to a service memo leaked online ...

More job specialties considered “extremely demanding” by the Air Force and Space Force will be eligible starting in October for special duty assignment pay, and more of it. The Air Force approved 78 ...

More than 30 Air Force jobs no longer qualify for special pay based on their level of difficulty, according to an annual service review. An Air Force board that reviews pay for special-duty ...

The Air Force is closing reenlistment bonuses for 89 of the service's toughest career fields several months earlier than anticipated -- and giving airmen who want the financial incentive only days to ...

Eligible airmen have just days left to apply for this year’s selective retention bonus program, which the Air Force is closing more than four months earlier than expected. The 2025 application window ...