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  • Commentary: What does accountability look like?

    It was late -- or was it early? Swing shift started at 4 p.m. and it was now 3:30 a.m. We had configured, loaded, and inspected eleven A-10A aircraft overnight: Six with live weapons and five with training munitions for the next day's missions. All 11 would fly in support of either test and

  • CCAF represented at White House community colleges summit

    Lt. Col. Tim Albrecht, commandant of the Community College of the Air Force, served as the Department of Defense representative at a White House community college summit recently.A broad spectrum of people attended the summit, including administrators, educators, philanthropists and representatives

  • First-time CCAF grads to be tested Air Force-wide

    Education offices at 60 Air Force and Air National Guard bases around the world will test Community College of the Air Force graduates to determine how they compare to counterparts in civilian institutions.The testing begins today and runs through Nov. 15.First-time CCAF degree recipients who have

  • SNCO Academy seeks instructors

    The Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy is always looking for qualified Senior NCOs to teach its courses, but a recent increase in flight room size is providing additional motivation to put more instructors behind the podium, said Chief Master Sgt. Alexander Perry, commandant of the

  • Air Combat Command promotes CCAF degree

    Although having a Community College of the Air Force degree is important for all Airmen, Air Combat Command is encouraging its technical sergeants to achieve this educational goal. Currently, the command is seven points below the Air Force average of 42 percent, but the goal is to have 50 percent of

  • Indonesian AF eyes Barnes Center PME model

    The chief of the Indonesian Air Force wants to use aspects of U.S. Air Force enlisted education in his own service, following a briefing at Air University on July 12. "We offer some education to our noncommissioned officers, but I hope to increase [those opportunities] in the future," Air Chief

  • Enlisted Heritage Hall offers ever-growing list of exhibits

    No matter how often they come through the doors, there is almost always something new for visitors to the Enlisted Heritage Hall. Some of the newest features are videos accompanying some exhibits. The first black and white silent movie ever made about aviation shows the Wright brothers

  • CCAF recognizes 350,000th degree recipient

    The Community College of the Air Force recognized the 350,000th CCAF degree recipient during the 2010 Senior Enlisted Leader Summit at the Senior NCO Academy, Gunter Annex, May 5.The 350,000th degree emphasizes CCAF's mission, to offer and award job-related associate in applied science degrees and

  • Top spouse shares lessons learned

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and his wife Suzie helped inaugurate the first Wing Commander Spouses' Seminar by addressing spouses of newly appointed wing and vice wing commanders on March 2.The purpose of the new course at the Ira C. Eaker Center for Professional Development at

  • Air Force promotes 10 from Maxwell-Gunter to SMSgt

    Air Force officials notified 10 Maxwell-Gunter master sergeants of their selection to the rank of senior master sergeant March 4.Overall, Air Force officials selected 1,269 of 13,741 eligible master sergeants for promotion to senior master sergeant for a selection rate of 9.24 percent.The following