The Department of the Air Force is cracking down on the unauthorized use of "Family Days" to provide extra days off for its civilian employees - and four-day weekends for airmen and guardians ...

Union dues are no longer being deducted from Air Force civilian employee paychecks, according to an email from a comptroller squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

The Air Force revoked its practice of granting airmen and guardians extra days off for holiday weekends known as Family Days, saying a blanket policy granting more leave does not fit with the ...

The April 7 memo, confirmed as authentic by the Air Force, rescinds the family days -- extra leave granted around federal holidays that can be used for four-day weekends -- for troops in both ...

family days are commonly employed by Air Force leaders to promote rest, morale and time with family. Only military personnel are excused from work on family days. Civilian employees are generally ...