New airmen take the oath of enlistment at an air show in Lakeland, Fla., April 25, 2015. (Courtesy photo via Air Force) In summer 2023, Air Force Tech Sgt. Tameka Paschal-Vassell’s phone rang with an ...

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 ...

The Air Force is on track to meet or exceed its annual recruiting goal a year after experiencing a dismal 10% shortfall in new active-duty enlistments, according to the service’s recruiting leader. As ...

FT. JACKSON, S.C. — After several very difficult years and a swath of new programs and enticements, the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force will all meet their recruiting goals by the end of ...

AURORA, Colorado -- More young Americans have been signing up for the Air Force's delayed-entry program in recent months, a promising trend in recruiting following a yearslong effort by the service to ...

The Air Force last year fell well short of it recruiting goal, marking the first failure of its kind since 1999. This year turned out differently. The Air Force Recruiting Service’s commander, Brig.

The Air Force hit its recruiting goal for 2024 after implementing numerous changes such new body fat standards, marijuana waivers and new legal permanent resident requirements. In a written statement, ...

Airmen who previously would have been disqualified for certain medical conditions are now eligible to join with medical waivers. (U.S. Air Force) The Air Force has expanded medical waivers to cover ...

In all, Rick Bottorff spent more than 35 years immersed in military life, serving active duty in the Air Force from 1989-2010, to working as a civilian management analyst and recruiter for the past ...

"I got an email, a notification saying would you like to reenlist," said Derrick Bolden, who retired from the Air Force in 2016 after 20 years. The notification has gone out to thousands of former ...