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Spring 2021 commissionees from UTK Air Force ROTC program Courtesy of Detachment 800 A6 Team The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at the University of Tennessee has had a series of major accomplishments from its recent cadet class. The Air Force ROTC program recruits students, usually freshman, into a four year program that works in tandem with their college experience. After four years and graduation, the cadets will rise to the rank o...

Transgender airmen, guardians guaranteed equal opportunity under new policy May 13 Staff Sgt. Logan Ireland and his wife, Laila, speak to an audience in Polaris Hall about transgender issues during the National Character and Leadership Symposium hosted by the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2018. (Tech. Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes/Air Force) The Department of the Air Force has rolled out a new set of policies for transgender airmen and guardians that aim to treat troops undergoing a gender change mo...

May 05, 2021 In November 2020, Air Force Gaming made its debut as the global gaming and esports hub for the Air Force. The intramural program for service members in the Air and Space Forces began with the Air Force Gaming League connecting players and teams from the eight U.S. bases under the Air Force Global Strike Command. The league features a Discord community and competitive "pop-up" opportunities for service members; the goal is to eventually cover every base in the Air Force.  More than...

AEC. “With the growth in the aerospace sector, whether it’s the Air Force or Space Force or by the private sector and both here in Hawaiʻi and across the globe, it is even more critical that the College of Engineering and other units like SOEST be able to offer programs like the new aerospace engineering program within our mechanical engineering department so that our graduates can take advantage of these rapidly growing opportunities and employers can have a local workforce from which to...

Apr 27, 2021 In November 2020, Air Force Gaming made its debut as the global gaming and esports hub for the Air Force. The intramural program for service members in the Air and Space Forces began with the Air Force Gaming League connecting players and teams from the eight U.S. bases under the Air Force Global Strike Command. The league features a Discord community and competitive "pop-up" opportunities for service members; the goal is to eventually cover every base in the Air Force.  More than...

Security forces draw their guns as rioters loyal to former President Donald Trump try to break into the House of Representatives chamber to disrupt the Electoral College process at the Capitol in Washington in January. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced later in January that she would send the article of impeachment against Trump to the Senate, triggering the start of the former president’s trial on a charge of incitement of insurrection over the deadly Capitol riot.

Acting Secretary of the Air Force John P. Roth emphasized the importance of staying true to the Air Force priorities, supporting and defending the Constitution, serving the American people, and protecting the nation during his March 10 visit to the Air,

“Our AFRS Det. 1 is all about creating that excitement and understanding of what we do,” said Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, AFRS commander. “Its a very attractive lifestyle. But, if we dont tell people about it, if we dont show them, if we dont let them taste it, then we potentially lose very high quality, often diverse, recruits.” In the detachment’s two years of existence, the unit has participated in 165 events with over 355,000 attendees, directly mentoring more than 39,000 youth. They ha...

“Our AFRS Det. 1 is all about creating that excitement and understanding of what we do,” said Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, AFRS commander. “It’s a very attractive lifestyle. But, if we don’t tell people about it, if we don’t show them, if we don’t let them taste it, then we potentially lose very high quality, often diverse, recruits.” In the detachment’s two years of existence, the unit has participated in 165 events with over 355,000 attendees, directly mentoring more than 39,000 yo...

“Our AFRS Det. 1 is all about creating that excitement and understanding of what we do,” said Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, AFRS commander. “Its a very attractive lifestyle. But, if we dont tell people about it, if we dont show them, if we dont let them taste it, then we potentially lose very high quality, often diverse, recruits.” In the detachment’s two years of existence, the unit has participated in 165 events with over 355,000 attendees, directly mentoring more than 39,000 youth. They ha...