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  • Department of the Air Force restores previous military tuition assistance cap and AF COOL funding

    The Department of the Air Force restored military tuition assistance to $4,500 per fiscal year and Air Force Credentialing Opportunities Online preparatory course funding for fiscal year 2021, effective immediately.

  • Department of the Air Force family suicide prevention training now available

    The new online training video, Equipping Family Members to Help Airmen in Distress, aims to build and strengthen relationships and connectedness among family members and loved ones.

  • SLOs: Helping any, every school issue

    School liaison officers (SLO) have the job of making sure Airmen and their families have the best experience possible when dealing with their child’s education. The SLOs have various responsibilities including school transition support, deployment support, home school support, community connections, volunteer opportunities, post-secondary separation and special needs system navigation.
  • Col. Samantha Weeks (right), 14th Flying Training Wing commander, and Maj. Ryan Brewer (seated), 14th FTW SparkCell director, sample emergency procedures augmented-reality technology at the PTN Technology Expo at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, March 12, 2019. Flying training wings will formally begin integrating innovations from PTN into the undergraduate pilot training curriculum beginning May 31, 2019.

    PTN innovations move to undergraduate pilot training

    Beginning May 31, 2019, flying training wings across Air Education and Training Command will formally begin integrating innovations from Pilot Training Next into the undergraduate pilot training curriculum, 19th Air Force officials announced at the PTN Technology Expo held March 12-13.
  • Airman 1st Class Anthony Halas, 14th Medical Operations Squadron, spins a student in a Barany Chair Oct. 2, 2018, during the Imagine the Possibilities Career Expo at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Mississippi. More than 120 Airmen from Columbus AFB, Mississippi, spent several days showing more than 7,000 eighth-grade students, from northeast Mississippi counties, some of the vast career opportunities the Air Force offers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Gross)

    Columbus AFB Airmen inspire 7,000 8th graders at 2018 Career Expo

    More than 120 Airmen from Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, spent several days showing more than 7,000 eighth-grade students, from 17 northeast Mississippi counties, some of the vast career opportunities the Air Force offers during the Imagine the Possibilities Career Expo Oct. 2-4 at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo.
  • Col. Douglas Gosney, 14th Flying Training Wing Commander, talks to students as they wait in line for the Rapid Strike simulator Oct. 3, 2017, during the Imagine the Possibilities Career Expo at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Mississippi. Airmen from Columbus AFB represented seven pathways at the expo, including aerospace, communications, engineering, government and public administration, health sciences, logistics and law and public safety. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Gross)

    Airmen showcase AF opportunities to 7,000 students during career expo

    TUPELO, Miss. – More than 110 Airmen from Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, spent several days showing more than 7,000 eighth-grade students, from 17 northeast Mississippi counties, some of the vast career opportunities the Air Force offers during the Imagine the Possibilities Career Expo Oct. 3-5 at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo.

  • Air Force announces enlisted PME redesign

    Air Force officials announced major changes to the enlisted professional military education program today via an initiative called Enlisted Professional Military Education for the 21st Century, or “EPME 21.”
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