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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The Air Force should hit its recruiting targets this year after falling short in fiscal 2023, according to the general charged with filling the ranks. “We’re on track to bring ...

Air Force recruiter Amber Metts has had a stellar — and exhausting — year. The 35-year-old master sergeant has signed up 84 recruits, putting in long days of school visits, chatting up prospects at ...

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Deion Neal and Airman 1st Class Huy Ha inspect a GBU-38 joint direct attack munition at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Jan. 25, 2024. (Airman 1st Class Albert Morel/Air Force ...

On a sunny Monday morning near the Alamo, Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Brandon Carver was chatting with 14-year-old Jackson Shahan about the best pushup techniques. Carver, a muscular special warfare ...

Air Education and Training Command boss Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson administers the oath of enlistment during a recruiting ceremony at the Air, Space & Cyber Conference on Sept. 11, 2023, at National ...

WASHINGTON -- After several difficult years, the Army and Air Force say they are on track to meet their recruiting goals this year, reversing previous shortfalls using a swath of new programs and ...

The Air Force is now allowing recruits to have a higher percentage of body fat as it struggles to find new members to join its ranks during a surge of obesity among American youth. Male recruits are ...

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 ...

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 ...