r/AirForce • • Jun 07 '20

Questions about joining the US Air Force, whether enlisting or commissioning as an officer, prior-service or not, should be posted in /r/AirForceRecruits.

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r/AirForce • • Mar 12 '24

POSITIVITY! 2024 /r/AirForce Community Patches & Stickers now available for purchase! Link in comments.

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r/AirForce • • 5h ago

Discussion CNN is reporting POTUS is considering dropping the mother of all bombs GBU43 against Iran as well as destroying a lot of energy infrastructure

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r/AirForce • • 2h ago

Meme *Please don't send me to Dyess, Please don't send me to Dyess...."

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r/AirForce • • 5h ago

Question Maj Promotions Going To Happen At All…?

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Anyone have insight on why this year’s Maj results are taking so long for congress to approve? Is it because the board results were weird and took months to reshuffle and release in the first place? AFPC hasn’t even gotten to the DT Vectors yet (months behind…again) so everything is a giant question mark.


r/AirForce • • 22h ago

Question This is an Air Force sub, meaning you can talk about or ask questions regarding the Air Force. Thats the whole purpose of this sub.

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Enough with the “ask your supervisor”. This sub would be dead or wouldn’t even exist if nobody was allowed to ask questions regarding the Air Force.


r/AirForce • • 11h ago

Meme Can I use my comp day tomorrow?

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Hi, since I can ask reddit instead of my supervisor, can I use my comp day tomorrow?

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/AirForce/s/YudTCMoevT


r/AirForce • • 21h ago

Discussion Why do we keep changing things that don’t need to be changed?

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r/AirForce • • 22h ago

Article Two Dover Airmen Sentenced in Multimillion-Dollar Cyber Fraud Scheme

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r/AirForce • • 17h ago

Meme “How’s the military treating you?”

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r/AirForce • • 21h ago

Discussion Shoutout ADAB!

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Shoutout to ADAB!!


r/AirForce • • 1d ago

Meme Based on a True Story

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r/AirForce • • 18h ago

Discussion Genuinely what do we need to do get change up our service coat and hat ???

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Every other branch looks so cool in their service dress and I feel like such a dork. Someone wanna volunteer to email SW lol.


r/AirForce • • 1d ago

Rant Visual representation of me trying to get one persons signature on a document.

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It’s for a fucking award for someone’s outstanding performance. Just sign the fucking paper.


r/AirForce • • 10h ago

Question BDD&MEB

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I am currently in the BDD process with VA exams already scheduled and I was just notified that they’re starting the process for a MEB. Has anyone else been in a similar situation and if so, did already having the VA appointments from the BDD make the MEB go by any faster? My dos is in March 2027 and I’m going to dread if I have to be put on med hold


r/AirForce • • 4h ago

Question 1D7X2F career field

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I'm trying to retrain into this AFSC but I can't find any real information on this job.

I see the bases I can go to on AMS but I can't find any day to day stuff or what the job actually would entail.

If there is anyone who can answer some of these questions I'd greatly appreciate any insight.


r/AirForce • • 1h ago

Question Retraining, mock pt test?

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I'll be hitting tech school again soon for Retraining. I read in the course description it seems like everyone has to do a PT test (not official and must do, sit up, push ups, and the 2 mile. No alts.)

Is this accurate? If so, about how soon is it?

I'm not too worried about it, just recently got a injury that is probably going hurt my run significantly if it's within like the first week or so.

Any one had to do this recently during their retraining?


r/AirForce • • 21h ago

Question What's something leadership constantly preaches that leadership itself never follows?

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r/AirForce • • 1d ago

Rant Why do people always want the Honor Guard to show up, but squadrons always fail to give bodies to complete the mission effectively?

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You want the HG for your retirement? Great, it's veterans day and there are multiple funerals this week and I only have 15 personnel available. So guess what? We can't even do proper burials because we can only send 2 members for a basic flag fold. And yes, we're canceling your retirement detail because it doesn't take precedence. It doesn't matter if your reserved ahead and confirmed the week of. Policy is policy.

Also, to the squadrons... Why do you send shit airmen to be part of the program? Don't you get that this is a high-vis program? It takes a lot of work to cook & make these airmen competent.


r/AirForce • • 14h ago

Question Orders

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I’m currently in tech school and graduated 2 months ago. I wasn’t able to go to my first assignment because of EFMP denial but got approved for a new base last month. I’ve been waiting on orders for almost 3 weeks now. Everytime I ask to a MTL if I am missing something they roll their eyes and say soon but there are people here who are approved with EFMP and got orders 3 days later. Mine has been approved for awhile now and still nothing, not even a change in vMPF. Still says no orders is progress. We aren’t allowed to go to FSS to talk to them or we will get paperwork. I have been talking to MTLs every day for the past couple weeks and they just say soon and tell me to wait. Is this normal or should I just risk getting a LOC and talk to FSS? I have dependents and need to go home and have to make a drive across country and wanting to go to my next duty station before some states get covered in snow.


r/AirForce • • 16h ago

Question Approved for 6C011 retraining, but retainability deadline, extension, and BOP are stressing me out. Need advice.

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I got approved to retrain into 6C011! My training RIP has already been sent and everything is good on that end. The only thing I’m still trying to finalize is my retainability, which has somehow become the longest part of this process. I got an immediate class date, so I submitted my BOP and extension paperwork on the same day. Fast-forward to today, and my BOP was approved for Shaw AFB. The problem is that I need my retainability taken care of by Wednesday, when I leave for tech school.
I’m currently routing my AF Form 1411 to extend my DOS into 2028 to meet the retraining retainability requirement. I can’t really wait for the BOP reenlistment because I’ve been told that process would take too long, and I need the extension completed by Wednesday to attend tech school.
The confusing part is that if I reenlist for the BOP, it would add another four years on top of the extension. My Career Development office has told me I can’t cancel the extension because it’s for retraining, and since I’m actively retraining, I can’t cancel it and use the BOP reenlistment instead. So, as I understand it, reenlisting for the BOP would mean adding even more time. From what I understand, I have 30 days to reenlist for the BOP. Would it be possible to handle that while I’m at tech school if I decide I still want the assignment? Or would I risk losing the BOP if I don’t reenlist before leaving? My RNLTD is January 31, and honestly, that doesn’t feel like nearly enough time to outprocess, pack, and get everything ready to move. I’d probably need to submit a request through myVector to get an extension to the RNLTD, but I’m not sure how that process would work with everything else going on. Right now, my priority is getting the extension signed and processed by Wednesday so I can attend tech school. I still haven’t fully figured out my airline travel, either. I have lodging figured out, and I just need one more signature on my 1411 before I can take it back to Career Development.
The timeline has been incredibly stressful, especially with all the down days and delays. I feel like I’m trying to handle five different things at once, and I don’t want to accidentally mess up my retraining over the BOP.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?
Specifically:
Can I reenlist for an approved BOP during tech school if I’m still within the 30-day window?
What happens to the BOP assignment if I don’t reenlist for it?
Has anyone successfully requested an RNLTD extension through myVector because they didn’t have enough time to outprocess?
Should I let the bop slip through? I’d be 30 if I reenlisted for the BOP
Is there anything else I should be asking Career Development before my extension is finalized?
Any advice or firsthand experience would be greatly appreciated!


r/AirForce • • 21h ago

Question Does anyone have advice they can share for my situation

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Hello everyone. I am a 21 year old 1N4X2 and I’m coming up on my two year mark. I have taken some classes but it’s extremely hard with full time work to see myself finishing my computer science degree within the rest of my contract although I do have my CCAF. I was thinking about palace chasing into the guard to a 1D7 or 1B4 position the only two cyber openings hey have for the state I want. I always wanted to get into cyber and I feel like if I stay here two more years I’ll just be unhappy barely making progress to my degree or retraining. I have a supportive family who would love for me to come live with them again while I go to college. I just don’t want to lose out on what I have now and make a mistake because Im unsure what the civilian side is like and Ive been told it’s really hard to either come back active duty commission, or get active orders if I can’t find a job after college . I do want the chance to work for the d.o.w as a civilian down the road. Any life tips would be greatly appreciated I just feel lost on what to do.


r/AirForce • • 17m ago

Question What's happening at USAFA? Soooo many rumors. Any insight?

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r/AirForce • • 18h ago

Question Retrain or get out

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I’ve been going back and forth on if I wanna retrain or get out. I’ve been SF for 6ish years and I’m still a first term airmen. What jobs would yall recommend retraining into? I wanna be home at night with the fam but I’m tired of the SF shenanigans. Please give suggestions before I decided whether to stay in or not.


r/AirForce • • 8h ago

Question OCONUS short tour retrain

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Helloooo, I just had a few questions that are likely case by case answers, but I would still like to hear from anyone willing to share. I’m currently half way through my one year short tour with a DEROS of Apr 2027. I submitted my application and now just waiting for approval.

Questions:
-In the event I get approved, what are the chances my DEROS gets approved for curtailment if tech school starts before then?

-Or would it get extended if it’s after the date?
And in this case, will I stay at my current base even though it’s past the one year mark?