Air Force anticipating 10% recruitment shortfall

By Shelley K. Mesch / March 10, 2023 at 8:55 AM
DENVER -- The Air Force expects to fall short of its recruitment goals this year, the service's top leaders said this week at the Air and Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium. The service is projecting a shortfall of 10% for active-duty airmen and more for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, Secretary Frank Kendall said in his keynote address Tuesday . “We are swimming upstream against a reduced propensity to service nationally across the board and a limited...

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