• Department of the Air Force pushes fitness testing to Jan. 1

    To continue minimizing close contact among personnel during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and ensure units and personnel are fully ready to resume, testing has been delayed from October to January, and testing in January will move forward without obtaining waist, height and weight measurements.

  • Social Security Payroll Tax Deferral

    In order to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Presidential Memorandum was issued on August 8, 2020 and guidance followed from Internal Revenue Service on August 28, 2020, to temporarily defer Social Security (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) tax withholdings. This

  • Teams-based CVR allows first All Call for HQ RIO

    Headquarters Readiness and Integration Organization hosted its first ever All Call for Individual Reservists August 28, 2020. More than 450 Airmen from around the world attended the event, which was presented virtually.HQ RIO, based out of Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, is responsible for

  • HQ ARPC hosts orientation course for the Air National Guard

    Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center hosted the first virtual Air Reserve Component Orientation Course August 19-20, 2020 for members of the Air National Guard. More than 200 Guardsmen from across the country registered for the two-day course as subject-matter-experts lead interactive