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 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 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 ...

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, ...

After one of its worst recruiting years in decades, the Air Force is raising its maximum age for new recruits to 42. The decision took effect Oct. 24 and applies to new active-duty officers and ...

The Air Force and Space Force have met - and surpassed - their recruiting goals for 2025, three months ahead of schedule, officials announced Monday. The Department of the Air Force, which encompasses ...

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 ...

When Air Force recruiter Greg Butler arrived at a recent event in Springfield, Missouri, he found that the space reserved for his recruiting booth was right next to a display from a local gym. And it ...

Overall, the services met an average of 103% of their active-duty recruiting goals for fiscal 2025, according to the Defense ...

Welcome to the first post in our twelve-part series reviewing each team’s signing class to date. These articles aim to ...

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 ...