• Virtual MPF adds new self-service program for assignments

    A new self-service assignments application launching Feb. 19 will eliminate a visit to the military personnel flight/element, saving Airmen both time and effort as part of the continuing initiatives of the Air Force's Personnel Services Delivery Transformation. Using the Expanded Permissive

  • Postal Service offers first-time military discount

    Planning to send a care package to a military service member serving abroad? Send it after March 3 to take advantage of a new flat-rate box from the Postal Service that is 50 percent larger and delivered for $10.95 to an APO/FPO address -- $2 less than for domestic destinations. "This is the first

  • New earned income credit rules lucrative for some Airmen

    Filing his family's taxes each year online, Master Sgt. Ron Przysucha says he normally receives about $3,000 in tax returns. This year however, he was taken by surprise when the same Web site he traditionally uses calculated his return at nearly $8,000. "I immediately thought it was a mistake and I

  • Two in one: 4th MSS, 4th SVS merge, become 4th FSS

    The 4th Mission Support Squadron and 4th Services Squadron combined to form the new 4th Force Support Squadron in an activation ceremony Feb. 4 at the Aircraft Parts Store hangar. The base is the eighth to consolidate squadrons under this Air Force-wide initiative. "All bases are projected to be in

  • Wing EVSA to shape future AFSO 21 vision

    Senior leaders from the 4th Fighter Wing will hold an Enterprise Value Stream Analysis in support of Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century Feb. 20 and 21 at the log cabin. Colonel Steve Kwast, 4th FW commander, and Chief Master Sergeant Layton Clark, 4th FW command chief master sergeant,

  • Money matters: Tax center assists Airmen, families with 2007 returns

    The base tax center opens Feb. 4 through April 16 for all Airmen, dependents and retirees seeking a free alternative for assistance with 2007 tax returns. In 2007, the center assisted more than 1,500 Airmen, dependents and retirees with their 2006 returns, according to Staff Sgt. Natasha Crumpton,

  • Two-star general, Goldsboro native, visits 4th FW

    Maj. Gen. William Holland, 9th Air Force vice commander, visited the 4th Fighter Wing to get a first-hand look at the wing's mission capabilities January 29. A Goldsboro, N.C., native, General Holland attended high school at Charles B. Aycock High School, but he really wasn't familiar with the Air