The Air Force intends to launch a study this summer, together with RAND, to track more than 5,000 active duty families across a full deployment cycle—before, during, and after an airman’s deployment—to measure their resilience, according to two senior service manpower officials. “The information received from this study will be invaluable on how we treat and provide care for airmen and their families in the future,” Daniel Ginsberg, manpower lead in the Air Force Secretariat, and Lt. Gen. Darrell Jones, his counterpart on the Air Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee’s personnel panel last week. This study is part of the Air Force’s broader efforts to help airmen and their families deal with the stresses and demands of an airman’s extended deployments. To heighten the focus on this area, the Air Force has also established a resilience division within its headquarters, they said. (Ginsberg-Jones prepared statement)
Hawaii F-22s Wrap Up Deployment to Japan
April 9, 2021
F-22s and Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, forward deployed to Japan for almost one month to train with Japanese and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft as part of a “dynamic force employment” operation. The Raptors from the Active-duty 19th Fighter Squadron and Air National Guard 199th Fighter Squadron deployed…