DEPpers Aim High at Air Force Canterbury Snocross

Snocross racers, start your engines! Recruits, start your military careers! As snowmobile racers dazzled fans with high-flying jumps at top speeds, 17 Delayed Entry Program recruits took an oath to "Aim High" at the Air Force Canterbury Snocross event in Shakopee, Minnesota, March 4. Brig. Gen.

AFRS honors top 12 recruiters with five days of activities

The Air Force Recruiting Service honors its top 12 recruiters and their spouses this week during Operation Blue Suit XXVIII. The recruiters, traveling from as far as Sacramento, Calif., and Mary Esther, Fla., are selected from among the more than 1,600 enlisted and officer accession recruiters

Air Force announces OTS selection board 07OT01 results

Two hundred sixteen men and women from across America have earned an opportunity to become Air Force leaders following their selection for an officer's commission, officials here announced today. Air Force Recruiting Service officials considered 269 applications as part of Officer Training School

Air Force retiree 'fishes' for new recruits

When Capt. David L. Erwin retired from the Air Force in 2001, he wasn't quite ready to leave the "blue" life behind. Instead, he came up with a plan to combine his love of fishing with his desire to maintain a connection to the Air Force. Today this one-man Air Force ambassador holds the distinction

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AFRS trainers order up creative ideas to boost recruiting skills

All across the country, hot, new ideas are springing up in Air Force recruiting. And that's just what the Airmen of the Headquarters Air Force Recruiting Service Standardization and Training Branch want to see. The team's focus is boosting recruiter confidence through easily accessible training

Command chief celebrates combat-trained, skilled Airmen

As a young staff sergeant in 1982, Chief Master Sgt. Rodney Ellison got his first real experience of a hostile environment while serving at Operating Location Foxtrot in Turkey. Today, as Air Education and Training Command's command chief prepares to retire, he's confident that the Air Force he

New Air Force doctor brings deployed medical experience with him

In March, the Air Force gains a highly-experienced physician, Dr. Michael Ripley. This is significant, not only because health professions accessions are a challenge for all U.S. military services, but also because of his medical expertise, earned from years of caring for frontline Airmen. For some

General swears in new Airmen at Daytona race

Airmen, start your engines! Thirty six Delayed Entry Program recruits were sworn into the Air Force Feb. 18 by Gen. Ronald Keys, Air Combat Command commander, before the NASCAR Daytona 500 race. The event took place outside the track at the Air Force recruiting booth, which featured large scale

AFRS announces its 2006 Annual Award winners

Air Force Recruiting Service officials congratulate the following AFRS Annual Award winners for calendar year 2006. Staff Sgt Adam Gomez, 336th Recruiting Squadron -- Junior Enlisted Member Tech. Sgt. Kathleen McCool, 341st RCS -- Noncommissioned Officer Master Sgt. Richard Bottass, 336th RCS --