The Air Force’s two top leaders have decided to return to the practice of letting officer promotion boards view advanced degree records. The service began “masking” that information for promotions to captain and major in March 1996 because leaders, at the time, wanted to “level the playing field” for officers with less opportunity to pursue off-duty education. In 2005, Air Force leadership went a step further, eliminating degrees from consideration at all levels to end the practice of obtaining “square-filling” degrees. Now, the pendulum has swung back to let boards see an officer’s “full potential.” The return to full disclosure will not take effect until 2008, per Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne and Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley, who say that provides “almost two years to complete a degree.”
Hypersonic ARRW Readied for Booster Flight
March 8, 2021
An AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon hypersonic missile is being readied for its first booster flight at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., the Air Force announced March 5. The missile that flies within the next month will not be an all-up round. Instead, the test will run the missile through…