Retiree newsletter returns after 3-year hiatus Published Sept. 1, 2009 Air Force Personnel Center RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- After a three-year hiatus, the hard-copy Afterburner is back. The newsletter serves as a source of information for Air Force retirees and their families. Special funding was granted to provide news and information to retirees and surviving spouses, and also to urge those with computer access to forego a hard-copy version to save money. There are approximately 770,000 Air Force retirees and surviving spouses entitled to receive the Afterburner. Printing and recent postage increases have pushed the cost above $250,000 for one issue. "We understand that many of our retirees and surviving spouses do not have computer access so they rely on a printed version," said Lt. Gen. Steven R. Polk, co-chair of the Air Force Retiree Council. "But we need to do everything we can to keep the costs down." Subscribers to the e-Afterburner, the online version, are asked to forego receiving hard-copy editions by allowing their names to be removed from the postal mailing list. To be removed from the hard-copy mailing list, people who receive the e-Afterburner should send their full name, U.S. Postal Service mailing address, and the last four digits of their Social Security number to afpc.retiree@randolph.af.mil. For more retiree information, visit www.retirees.af.mil.
