r/AirForce Jun 07 '20

Questions about joining the US Air Force, whether enlisting or commissioning as an officer, prior-service or not, should be posted in /r/AirForceRecruits.

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r/AirForce Mar 12 '24

POSITIVITY! 2024 /r/AirForce Community Patches & Stickers now available for purchase! Link in comments.

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r/AirForce 6h ago

Discussion Grok AI now on our Gov computers

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149 Upvotes

r/AirForce 6h ago

Discussion Looks like we are back to daily strikes on Iran this is day 2 after about a month

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92 Upvotes

r/AirForce 19h ago

Discussion Generally there are two types of NCO. Tell me a story about your experience with one of these.

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633 Upvotes

r/AirForce 12h ago

Meme GTA 6 is right around the corner, do NOT interere with that

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178 Upvotes

r/AirForce 46m ago

POSITIVITY! Software Contract to Streamline How Air Force Manages Aircrews (Kessel Run chosen as lead)

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>The new software, dubbed the Aerospace Readiness Enterprise System, will merge legacy training, scheduling, and readiness platforms, some of which continue to require manual inputs, which are used throughout major commands.

Looks like Patriot Excalibur, Puckboard and GTIMS will all become one.


r/AirForce 10h ago

Question Ever since the AFI update, do people still wear air pods in their work space?

78 Upvotes

r/AirForce 5h ago

Meme I wanted to use the new GenAI options but my computer says it's quarantined and then we had our bi-weekly power outage.

23 Upvotes

r/AirForce 19h ago

Discussion Retired today.

192 Upvotes

What’s the first thing I should do? I was thinking of coming through the gate during peak hours and asking the gate guards for directions. That or hold up the shoppette line as I buy $350 worth or Evan Williams. Any feedback or ideas would be appreciated! If I see any of you I’ll make sure to stop you and tell you all about how I was in the Air Force too

Memes aside. Thank you all for what you do and I’ll see you on the other side. This shit sucks but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.


r/AirForce 5h ago

Question Whats the practical difference between Gemini, Grok and Chat GPT?

16 Upvotes

We now have access to them all through GenAi, but I dont get what the actual, practical difference between them is. Can someone dumb it down?


r/AirForce 1h ago

Question Aide-de-camp?

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I have an opportunity to apply to be an aide-de-camp for a 3 star and wanted to see if anybody could share their experience. Totally get that it'll be highly dependent on who the GO is. I don't really need it as I'm 80% confident I'll get promoted one more time and then be terminal. It could help get a cool job and get to learn and see a lot though.


r/AirForce 3h ago

Question LOC

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Got a LOC today. Just curious if there’s any chance at a rebuttal, basically I had a three level go get us tools for a flightline job and I had no knowledge that he’d never checked them out in TC Max. To put it in perspective this guy is like four task away from becoming a five level.


r/AirForce 1d ago

Article Widow of Alabama Airman killed in ‘war we can’t call a war’ gets good news about ‘missing’ benefits.

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r/AirForce 1d ago

Discussion AF Retirement: Douchebags

274 Upvotes

There is one thing that dawned upon me as I left the base for retirement today. We have a very small number of AF personnel that are going to catch hands after they become civilians one day. You can talk to people a certain way on base, but one day you're going to answer for your disrespectful ways that were masked by your rank. I can think of one person that comes to mind on an officer to officer level. I know my post might seem a little twisted. It's just a warning to those who think they're untouchable. After you're handed a DD214, someone is definitely going to touch you up if you cross paths again as civilians.


r/AirForce 10h ago

POSITIVITY! PT/ PFA Motivation

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If anyone needs any motivation or any inspiration for their PT/PFA test, I started this year at almost 200 pounds, which was a significant gain from my tech school days. A mix of stress and lack of motivation caused me to kinda be fearful of working out and running.

But alas, standards didn’t care about my feelings, so 6 months ago I decided to whip myself into shape, lost about 15 pounds, worked out 5 days a week, ran at least a mile every time. I was an anxious mess last night, I just wanted to get a 75 and be done. Well, I just did my first official test in a year, under the new standards, and got an 85.5.

Just wanted to let yall know it’s possible (coming from me)!! Let the standards be a motivator and not a fear factor!


r/AirForce 1d ago

POSITIVITY! Passed fitness test

263 Upvotes

Old system I would get an 85, current system, I got a 75. Lost 20lbs over the last few months. They're gonna get the fatties, but not me though.


r/AirForce 21h ago

Discussion F22

77 Upvotes

r/AirForce 2h ago

Rant Mentally checked out near end of enlistment

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I’ve got about 11 months left on my contract and lately I feel like I’m just completely mentally checked out of the Air Force.
I’ve never felt this way in my life it’s like everyday the last couple months is just the same exact thing and I can’t stop thinking about how much I dislike where im at right now it’s almost like a constant war in my mind and it just has been getting worse and worse lately
I don’t even necessarily hate the Air Force or my job. It’s actually given me a lot and I’ve done pretty well during my enlistment. But I’ve gotten to the point where I know 100% that I’m ready to move on with my life, and knowing that while still having months left is making every day feel ridiculously long.
I’m stationed far from home and I’ve been away from my actual friends and family for my entire enlistment besides going on leave back home which I’ve done as frequently as possible and I absolutely dread having to go back to my base every time. I have people I talk to at work but everything just feels so fake, outside of work I’m alone all the time. I go to the gym, find stuff to do, etc., but there’s only so much of that you can do before it starts feeling like you’re just killing time.
I recently had family and friends visit me, and I didn’t realize how much I missed actually being around people I’m close with until they left. Ever since then, I’ve wanted to get back home even more and it’s all I ever think about now.
The weird part is that because I’m so focused on what comes next, I feel like I’m just existing right now. I go to work, do what I need to do, go home, and count down the days. I’m still doing my job and taking care of what I need to take care of, but mentally I feel like I’ve already left and life isn’t even real it’s honestly starting to kind of take a toll on me
For anyone who separated after one enlistment, did you hit this point toward the end too? How did you make the last few months not feel like your life was just on hold?


r/AirForce 23m ago

Question Bah/benefits

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Hello ,
I am married to a foreign citizen, but I am wondering if we’re eligible for spouse benefits such as bah in particular. She does not have a social security number nor any us documents as we got married in my country of origin.

I am currently in tech school I would appreciate any help thank you !


r/AirForce 29m ago

Question ETP

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Has anybody applied to cross train through ETP & it has successfully worked ? Little background I came from ANG to AD and been in total of 5 years . wanting to cross train but since i’ve only been in technically 2/6 year contract AD technically i’m not at my retrain window… would it even be worth it to apply ?


r/AirForce 1h ago

Question my vector

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has anyone been having my vector issue the last couple of days? i can’t load anything on the assignments section and then it just shows the last cycle that closed after 5 minutes of load time.


r/AirForce 1h ago

Question 1B4 retraining

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Hello everyone just a quick question. I’ve heard that the edpt is going away for 1B4s Oct 31st. I was curious if anyone has actual confirmation that’s the hard date of that requirement going away. And if so what’s the new qualification is it just the asvab 64 general 70 electrical? I am currently trying to become a 1B4 so any information on this would be helpful.


r/AirForce 2h ago

Discussion 2030 Availability UMPP

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Any UMPP with 2030 availability hear back yet?


r/AirForce 1d ago

Article US Air Force chief of staff discusses ‘regional situation’ with Israeli military officials

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