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  • Tech. Sgt. Jerry Dye receives a COVID-19 vaccination at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Jan. 14, 2020. Dye was motivated to get the vaccine after his 6-year-old son nearly died of complications of the disease.

    Air Force NCO has change of heart on vaccine

    A Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson family recently had an abrupt change of heart about taking the COVID-19 vaccine. On Nov. 15, 2020, Tech. Sgt. Jerry Dye's family of four came down with symptoms of the virus. After a few days of mild symptoms, everyone was feeling good again. “My original plan with the vaccine was to wait six months or a year, and then consider it,” said Dye, a quality assurance inspector with the 3rd Maintenance Group.
  • 50th EARS provide fuel to F-15s/F-16s

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve Senior Airman Megan Stahl, a medical technician with the 78th Healthcare Operations Squadron, administers the Covid-19 vaccine to Lieutenant General Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command, January 8th, 2021 at Robins Air Force Base, GA. (US Air Force photo by Technical Sgt. Nicholas A. Priest)

    Reserve Senior Leaders Receive COVID-19 Vaccination

    Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, AFRC commander and chief of the Air Force Reserve, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy White, AFRC’s command chief and Scobee’s senior enlisted advisor, rolled up their sleeves at the base medical facility. They will receive their second vaccination shot in about three weeks.
  • 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Conducts RADR Exercise

    AF Year in Photos

    This year's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This annual feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
  • Benefits of getting a Covid-19 Vaccine

    Benefits of Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine

    We understand that some people may be concerned about getting vaccinated now that COVID-19 vaccines are available in the United States. While more COVID-19 vaccines are being developed as quickly as possible, routine processes and procedures remain in place to ensure the safety of any vaccine that is authorized or approved for use. Safety is a top priority, and there are many reasons to get vaccinated.
  • 50th EARS refuel F-16s

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
  • Courtesy graphic/Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass

    Collection of deferred Social Security tax begins Jan. 1

    Paychecks of both military and civilian personnel across the Air Force and throughout executive branch agencies will be smaller starting Jan. 1, 2021.
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    First COVID-19 vaccine may be distributed next week

    An assessment by the Food and Drug Administration shows the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. drug company Pfizer is around 95% effective and could be distributed next week.
  • To continue minimizing close contact among personnel during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and ensure units and personnel are fully ready to resume, physical fitness testing has been delayed from October to January 2021. Testing in January will proceed without obtaining waist, height and weight measurements.

    Department of the Air Force moves Physical Fitness Assessments to April 2021, removes waist measurement from composite score permanently

    To ensure social distancing practices remain in place during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and to give Airmen and Space Professionals time to prepare, testing was delayed from October to January and is now further delayed to April.

  • Air Force hits record retention levels, reviews voluntary force management efforts

    The Department of the Air Force is seeing its highest retention levels in 20 years, second only to rates recorded shortly after 9/11 in 2002.
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