Air Force
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The service is still pulling and sharing data manually in many cases. The Air Force's chief information officer wants to change that.
December 20, 2021 -
The Air Force has discharged 27 people for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, making them what officials believe are the first service members to be removed for disobeying the mandate to get the shots
December 14, 2021 -
The Omicron variant is showing some vaccine resistant properties that the booster could help resolve.
December 13, 2021 -
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said Thursday that the service just added its seventh imperative this week: Defining the B-21 long range strike family of systems.
December 09, 2021 -
Recently, the Air Force's 55th communication squadron was redesignated as the 55th Cyber squadron. What does that mean? Well, for one thing, it means the squadron now has responsibility for cyber defense operators on the Air Force's tactical edge.
December 07, 2021 -
DISA staff are using program management tools and principles to monitor and track plans internally, while the Air Force is conducting weekly IT pulse surveys.
December 03, 2021 -
The advisor positions were created two years ago, but they're just now starting to make their mark on the military services' cyberspace budgets and force designs.
December 02, 2021 -
The Defense Department is in the midst of an acquisition program for a new fighter jet — an extensively modified version of the F-15, known as the F-15EX.
December 01, 2021 -
The Navy and Marine Corps both hit their deadlines for active duty service members to be fully vaccinated on Nov. 28. While the Navy got more than 99% of its sailors inoculated, the Marine Corps has the distinction of being the least vaccinated force.
November 30, 2021 -
The Air Force announced that starting Nov. 29 unvaccinated airmen will not be able to proceed to existing permanent change of station orders and will not be eligible for future orders unless they get an approved medical or religious accommodation.
November 25, 2021 -
Only 800 active duty airmen and guardians, out of an Air and Space Force of about 326,000, said they will not get the COVID-19 vaccination, and will face consequences and possible termination.
November 03, 2021 -
The Air Force's Office of Financial Management and Comptroller is making lots of moves to improve its IT, including developing a new acquisition strategy, hiring a CDO, implementing automation and addressing ICAM issues.
November 02, 2021 -
Who should be exempted by their employers from a vaccine mandate? In the case of active duty military members, it's not so clear.
November 02, 2021 -
The system allows ACC to continuously update software and provide patches.
October 29, 2021 -
While they are supposed to takeover some menial tasks and do some jobs better than actual employees, DoD personnel leadership doesn’t see it making an impact on how many civilian workers the Pentagon maintains. At least not yet.
October 26, 2021
