Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh released a video Thursday clarifying changes to the requirements for officer promotion that will take effect in December. There has been confusion about what is required of those seeking promotion, especially when it comes to advanced education, said Welsh. “Every senior rater seemed to have their own rules to determine who they would give a definitely promote recommendation to,” he said. Company grade officers also were confused about what was actually required, in terms of advanced academic degrees and professional military education. “As a result, everybody’s free time was taken and families were being dramatically impacted, and I’m not sure that job performance was getting any better, because their attentions were divided,” Welsh said. He emphasized that “there’s never been … a written Air Force requirement” for an advanced degree for officers seeking promotion to major and lieutenant colonel, however a master’s degree is required for promotion to colonel. Welsh encouraged airmen who like to study and want to go for the advanced degrees earlier, but said there is no requirement that they do so. “The thing we value most is job performance,” he said.
B-21 Bomber Shelter May Reveal Size of Secret Jet
March 3, 2021
The Air Force may have inadvertently revealed the size of the secret B-21 bomber with the release of an image of a temporary shelter for the airplane. The service is evaluating several designs for temporary shelters for everyday use and deployment to temporary operating locations. If the B-21 fully fits…