The dividends the Air Force receives from the exchange service to help fund its morale, welfare, and recreations efforts are trending down, Arthur Myers, USAF’s director of services, told a House Armed Services panel last week. Myers noted that five years ago dividends “averaged nearly $90 million per year.” In 2006, however, he said the Air Force “received only $73 million and the current exchange financial plan projects less than $57 million.” Myers explained that this reduction already has had “a negative impact on our programs in the field.” He predicts that “even a partial recovery will be a long time coming.”
Space Force to Test New Insignia Next Month
Feb. 25, 2021
Space Force troops will try out new rank insignia for the first time next month, as the service looks to shake up the traditional chevron design it inherited from the Air Force. “We’re excited about that, to get feedback and figure out what that insignia looks like, and new uniforms…