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New in 2024: Staffing up a shrinking Air Force
WEBDec 26, 2023 · The Air Force in 2024 plans to shrink its uniformed force, but not by much. In the year ahead, the service hopes to number 502,700 enlisted airmen and officers across the active duty Air Force ...
Air Force unveils command changes, wing plans in bid to outpace …
WEBMonday, Feb 12, 2024. AURORA, Colo. — The Air Force said Monday it will create a new forward-looking capabilities planning command, refocus its training enterprise, and rethink how airmen deploy ...
The Air Force is launching an era of transformation. Can it work?
WEBOct 16, 2023 · Last year, the Air Force began an intensive effort to undo its top-heavy enlisted corps that it believes lacks enough experience in middle management and has too few lower-level troops for daily ...
First-term airmen will have an easier time finding a new Air Force job
WEBMay 1, 2023 · Starting June 1, all qualified first-term airmen — those serving under the initial contract they signed to join the military, which lasts four to six years — can apply for a new job in any Air ...
Entire Air Force hits staffing, recruitment goals for the first time …
WEBOct 1, 2021 · The Air National Guard, aiming for 108,100 troops in total, brought in 7,869 enlisted troops and 755 officers. And about 7,300 enlisted airmen and 1,500 officers joined the Air Force Reserve, to ...
Air Force boss urges staying the course in first message to airmen
WEBNov 6, 2023 · Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin pledged in his first message to the force on Monday to forge ahead with plans to redefine the service as it faces a faster-paced, less-predictable era of ...
The promotion outlook: What lies ahead for Air Force officers …
WEBSep 21, 2021 · The 2021 lieutenant colonel selection board chose 34 Black airmen to advance on time, or 79 percent of those who were up for consideration, according to data provided by the Air Force.
More senior airmen, fewer overall enlisted expected in next few …
WEBSep 19, 2022 · The Air Force has around 262,000 active duty enlisted billets in 2022, and wants to downsize to about 257,000 next year. Overall, it requests 323,400 positions for active duty airmen in 2023.