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  • DOD seeks leadership program candidates

    Department of Defense officials are seeking active duty Air Force majors and major-selects to apply for the academic year 2012-2013 Executive Leadership Development Program, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.Although civilians are also eligible for the program, the call for nominations

  • Air Force fiscal 2013 budget invests in critical space capabilities

    Investment in space programs was a priority in this year's Air Force budget, according to Undersecretary of the Air Force Erin Conaton.Air Force leaders sought to sustain and modernize the capabilities that enable the service to support the Department of Defense's new strategic guidance, Conaton

  • Vandenberg's annual award winners announced

    Vandenberg held its annual awards ceremony at the Pacific Coast Club here Feb. 17.For photos, click here: http://www.facebook.com/30thSpaceWing#!/media/set/?set=a.10150641844939897.405841.95781119896&type=3 Below are Vandenberg's 2011 award winners:VOLUNTEER EXCELLENCE AWARDPaula Kamorski, 381st

  • Team V Airman selected for Tops in Blue

    The United States Air Force is known to boast air and space superiority to achieve the mission.One Vandenberg Airman's skill set has been chosen for another elite Air Force mission beyond air and space.Airman 1st Class Alex Allred, a 614th Air and Space Operations Center knowledge operator will be

  • Mobile Web app makes personnel accountability easier

    Software developers have created a new mobile Web application that allows total force Airmen the ability to account for themselves and family members from their smartphone during a crisis or natural disaster.During a crisis, the Air Force uses the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment

  • 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