NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force will miss its annual enlisted recruiting goal across all three components for the first time since 1999, as waning interest in military service and administrative ...

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Deion Neal and Airman 1st Class Huy Ha inspect a GBU-38 joint direct attack munition at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Jan. 25, 2024. (Airman 1st Class Albert Morel/Air Force ...

The Air Force had to reduce its target recruiting goal by several thousand airmen due to ongoing congressional budget delays, but is still on pace to hit its newly revised benchmark by the end of this ...

AURORA, Colorado -- Last year, the Air Force saw the writing on the wall and announced a projected 10% shortfall in its active-duty recruiting goals -- a prediction that ultimately proved true, ...

The U.S. Air Force admits that it is struggling to meet its recruitment goals, but its leader isn’t panicking. Instead, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall said the service is working on ways to ...

The Air Force and Space Force are raising the maximum age applicants can enlist as the services continue to search for ways to alleviate ongoing recruiting struggles. Those interested in joining the ...

WASHINGTON — The Air Force will miss its active-duty recruiting goal for the first time since 1999 by about 10%, Brig. Gen. Chris Amrhein said Wednesday. “If we hadn’t deviated much from our former ...

Members of the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet reserve unit participate in a physical fitness assessment, May 15, 2022. (MC2 Daniel Cleary/Navy) Leaders from the Air Force Reserve ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland -- The Air Force will, as expected, miss its active-duty recruiting goals for the first time since 1999, Secretary Frank Kendall said during a conference here Monday. "We're ...

Air Education and Training Command boss Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson administers the oath of enlistment during a recruiting ceremony at the Air, Space & Cyber Conference on Sept. 11, 2023, at National ...