June 16, 2021 myLearning digital platform expands courseware; announces new features Air Education and Training Command’s “myLearning” system is entering phase two of its rollout, adding new features scheduled to be available to Airmen and Guardians early this summer.
June 10, 2021 Alaska Air Guardsmen build homes for Cherokee veterans Thirty-eight Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 176th Wing helped build homes for Cherokee veterans in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, May 15-29 as part of the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training program.
May 26, 2021 Air Force releases updated fitness test score breakdown Without the waist measurement as a scored component, push-ups and sit-ups will increase from 10 to 20 points each, while the 1.5-mile run will remain at 60 points. Scoring will fall into five-year age groups, as opposed to the previous 10.
March 22, 2021 AFWERX crowns 2021 Spark Tank winner The Spark Tank event allows Airmen to offer improvements and solutions to the problems they face in everyday operations.
March 22, 2021 Air Force finalizes PT uniform design; will begin production process This is the first update to the PT uniform in more than 16 years, and more than 150 Airmen participated in testing the uniform.
Dec. 22, 2020 Air Force update for COVID-19 Below are current coronavirus disease 2019 statistics for Department of Air Force personnel:
Dec. 7, 2020 Department of the Air Force moves Physical Fitness Assessments to April 2021, removes waist measurement from composite score permanently To ensure social distancing practices remain in place during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and to give Airmen and Space Professionals time to prepare, testing was delayed from October to January and is now further delayed to April.
Dec. 2, 2020 Air Force hits record retention levels, reviews voluntary force management efforts The Department of the Air Force is seeing its highest retention levels in 20 years, second only to rates recorded shortly after 9/11 in 2002.
Dec. 1, 2020 Air Force update for COVID-19 Below are current coronavirus disease 2019 statistics for Department of Air Force personnel:
Nov. 20, 2020 AF restores military tuition assistance cap, AF COOL funding $4,500 per fiscal year and online preparatory course funding for fiscal year 2021, effective immediately.
