• New selective re-enlistment bonus list announced

    RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- Pentagon officials recently released the latest selective re-enlistment bonus list which contains 82 Air Force specialties. The revised listing increased bonuses for one Air Force specialty code -- contracting. 17 AFSCs will receive lower SRBs than previously

  • New 506th AEG/CC: 'Let's get started'

    At an outdoor change-of-command ceremony April 30, 506th Air Expeditionary Group Airmen welcomed their new commander, a fellow Tuskegee Airman, as Col. Eric Overturf succeeded Col. John Costa, 506th AEG and installation commander here. The morning ceremony was presided over by Brig. Gen. Brian

  • Travel advisory

    Based on the increase in health risk, posed to military personnel traveling to Mexico, the commander of U.S. Northern Command has determined that official travel for U.S. military personnel to Mexico should be restricted to mission essential personnel travel only. A process has been established to

  • Alaska changes school registration, immunization rules

    Alaska changed its immunization requirements for all elementary school-age children in kindergarten through 6th grade. The new rule requires parents who register their children in on or after July 1 must have already received two doses of the chickenpox or varicella vaccine. Those children being

  • Road closure notice

    Fairchild Avenue, between Arctic Warrior Drive and Fighter Drive, will be closed on 11 May-8 June for construction. Please call Staff Sgt John Clements, Construction Management 3 Civil Engineer Squadron, with any questions at 227-7628.

  • Forming a team: Training prepares service members for Afghan deployment

    Military servicemembers assembled here earlier this month, to form a unit dedicated to conduct reconstruction operations in Afghanistan. Classes of provincial reconstruction teams comprised of Airmen, Soldiers and Sailors from active-duty and reserve military components, began training under the

  • Swine flu update

    Recently there have been a number of cases of swine flu, H1N1, reported in the media. The Department of Defense and all segments of the U.S. government are working along with our international partners to lessen the impact of the H1N1 flu outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention