A.C. Green visits Vandenberg

Ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled for new prescription refill machine

The 30th Medical Group and Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, are scheduled to officially introduce a new machine called the ScriptCenter during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Base Exchange here at 10 a.m. Feb. 16. The ScriptCenter is an automated system similar to a typical vending

AF 2013 budget: Cuts while keeping agile, flexible, ready force

The Air Force released its fiscal 2013 budget Feb. 13 and stressed the need for difficult budgetary cuts to meet the new defense strategy while maintaining the service's agility, flexibility and readiness.The Air Force is requesting $154.3 billion in the president's 2013 budget, a reduction of five

Troops, families to benefit from landmark settlement

Service members and their families are among the Americans who will benefit from a "landmark" $25 billion foreclosure settlement between the government and banks, federal and state officials said today.The federal government and 49 state attorneys general reached the agreement with the nation's five

Characteristics of sex offenders

Most sex offenders understand that certain acts, such as rape and child molestation, are illegal and harmful to others, but they commit these crimes anyway. They do so mainly because of pro-offending attitudes or cognitive distortions.Sex offenders tell themselves and others that this behavior is

AF 'Energy Horizons' paper

The Air Force's Energy Horizons paper was released Feb. 9 and describes how the Service plans to increase energy supply, reduce demand and change the culture to meet mission requirements.Energy Horizons, which was signed Jan. 25, is the Air Force vision for energy science and technology focusing on

Air Force leads DOD in green power

The Air Force is one of the nation's top purchasers of green power, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Top 25 list of Green Power Partners released Jan. 31.The Air Force's use of renewable energy ranks number one in the Department of Defense, number two in the federal

New Air Force song recordings ready for use

New recordings of The U.S. Air Force Song are available for use in official military ceremonies. The new recordings, one with vocals and one instrumental-only, respect the original character, lyrics and melody of the song, but are designed to promote more successful performances of our service song

AF announces February enlisted supplemental promotions

More than 235 Airmen have been selected for promotion to the next higher rank as part of the January enlisted supplemental promotion process. The enlisted supplemental promotion release announces those Airmen selected for promotion who tested outside of their required cycle due to an extended

Dormitory manager position available at Vandenberg

Vandenberg is currently in the process of advertising a special duty assignment for an eligible active-duty Airman who holds the rank of staff sergeant to be an Airman Dormitory Leader for the base.Vandenberg's dormitory managers are recruiting and are tentatively slated to have the Airman Dormitory