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Air Force Personnel Center. The Air Force Personnel Center ( AFPC) is a field operating agency of Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel. AFPC operates the Air Force Contact Center, where personnel experts provide customer service. The center enhances personnel services by developing programs that enable ...
The American Foreign Policy Council ( AFPC) is a conservative non-profit organization located in Washington, D.C. It has been chaired by officials that served in conservative presidential administrations. Its foreign and defense policy specialists provide information to members of the US Congress, the Executive Branch, and the US policymaking ...
This is a list of Field Operating Agencies ( FOA) in the United States Department of the Air Force that are active. FOAs report directly to a functional manager in either the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force or the Air Staff. FOAs perform field activities beyond the scope of any of the major commands. Their activities are specialized or associated with an Air Force wide mission.
A major command is a significant Air Force organization subordinate to Headquarters, US Air Force. Major commands have a headquarters staff and subordinate organizations, typically formed in numbered air forces, centers, wings, and groups. [1]
The Air Force Personnel Operations Agency ( AFPOA) serves as the single Air Force focal point for submission and acceptance of total force human resources information technology requirements. It works with Air Force manpower, Personnel and Services (A1), the Air Force Personnel Center, the Air Reserve Personnel Center and other human resources ...
Air Force officers authorized to wear berets ( Security Forces Officers, Special Tactics Officers, Combat Rescue Officers, and Combat Weather Officers) wear a bright metal rank insignia on the beret's flash. Subdued rank insignia, as worn on the OCP and FDU, are designed to reduce visibility of the wearer under field conditions.
An alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) test is a blood test that measures the amount of AFP present in blood. It’s usually part of what’s called a triple screen or quad screen in the second trimester of ...
The Department of the Air Force first began issuing awards and decorations in 1947. At that time, airmen were eligible to receive most U.S. Army decorations. In 1962, following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Department of the Air Force began a concentrated effort to create its own distinctive awards, separate from the Army.