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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Georgia Air National Guard recruiters Tech. Sgt. Fabian Colorado and Tech. Sgt. Lauren Trail, right, interact with a group of students during a recruiting event in Milledgeville, Georgia, Sept. 17, ...

The Air Force and Space Force met their recruitment goals for fiscal year 2025 three months early, the services announced Monday. “When you have a winning team, people want to join!” Air Force Chief ...

Lt. Col. Noel Colls, flight surgeon for the Air Force's "Thunderbirds" air demonstration squadron, administers the oath of enlistment to new recruits during the Wings Over Houston Airshow in Houston ...

Faced with a low unemployment rate, a small number of eligible recruits and stiff competition for their talents, the Air Force is offering $3,000 to $50,000 bonuses for recruits who sign on for ...

For the first time in more than 20 years, the Air Force could fall short of its recruitment goal. “It’s likely that we could miss by 10 percent or more,” said Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, Air Force Recruiting ...

AURORA, Colorado -- Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the service is struggling to add new airmen to its ranks and will likely miss its active-duty, reserve and Air National Guard recruiting ...

WASHINGTON — When “Top Gun: Maverick” roared into theaters in late May, the Air Force was ready. The smash hit movie may feature Tom Cruise as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a hotshot Navy aviator, but to ...