Air Force
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About 1,300 members of the U.S. Air Force, including members of the Air Force Band, Honor Guard, Reserve, National Guard and Academy, will participate in the 58th Inauguration Day. Some 1,000 members provide ceremonial support on site, while another 300 work off site on behind-the-scenes logistics and planning. Joint Base Andrews gave the media a preview of the role that the Air Force District of Washington will play Jan. 20.
January 13, 2017 -
The Air Force will no longer disqualify recruits for prior marijuana use.
January 10, 2017 -
The Air Force is standing up a new, full-time office dedicated to protecting its weapons systems from cyber attacks.
January 10, 2017 -
The new year brings a host of people on the move, including a new deputy CIO at the Defense Department and a familiar face leading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s IT office.
January 09, 2017 -
As Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James closes out her tenure, she is setting up a new Air Force Digital Service.
January 06, 2017 -
One of the main tenets of the Pentagon's Better Buying Power initiative is changing procurement for the better.
January 02, 2017 -
The Air Force is selecting its biggest class ever to participate in the Career Intermission Program.
December 29, 2016 -
The Air Force will implement a new civilian evaluation system next spring to increase communication between supervisors and employees.
December 28, 2016 -
The Air Force awarded a $31 million contract to review more than 100 command and control systems for cyber vulnerabilities.
December 27, 2016 -
A replacement for Air Force One made headlines recently. But the Air Force is dealing with multiple platforms that are aging and due for upgrades or replacement. Many of them belong to the Air Force. Maj. Gen. Mike Fortney, vice commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin for a survey of what needs modernizing.
December 20, 2016 -
After cutting burdensome training and duties, the Air Force is creating a board to review more issues in the future.
December 19, 2016 -
Col. Jane Davies and Lt. Col. Paul Cianciolo with the Civil Air Patrol join host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to discuss Saturday's Wreaths Across America event, and the mission of the organization. December 16, 2016
December 15, 2016 -
The Air Force Chief Information Security Officer says the training is needed to reduce breaches and make sure airmen are using Air Force computers for mission tasks.
December 13, 2016 -
The Air Force is close to hiring an industry executive to change the way it procures big ticket IT items.
December 13, 2016 -
The Defense Department hopes the next administration will create more flexible training models for reservists in order to retain those in aviation and cyber realms.
December 08, 2016
