Air Force releases FY25 Selective Retention Bonus list

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The U. S. Air Force released the Fiscal Year 2025 Selective Retention Bonus list, effective Dec. 16, 2024. The FY25 SRB program consists of 89 Air Force specialty codes, reflecting the Air Force’s ongoing commitment to retaining highly skilled enlisted personnel.

Around the Air Force: Operation Christmas Drop 2024

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In this week’s Around the Air Force, we highlight Operation Christmas Drop 2024: the Defense Department’s longest-running humanitarian airlift operation, which brings U.S. and partner nations together to provide food, tools and clothing to more than 58 remote islands in the Indo-Pacific region.

Air Force increases tanker capability at Eielson AFB

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The department plans to add four additional KC-135s and additional active duty personnel, making it a total force unit and increasing the squadron’s total KC-135 aircraft to 12, with the first of the four aircraft already assigned and in place at Eielson AFB.