The Air Force already has enough potential recruits waiting for boot camp to meet more than half its 2026 recruiting goal.

The Air Force says it has met its active-duty, Guard and reserve recruiting goals this year following a historic slump -- and is aiming to get even more people to join up in 2025. Recruiters had a ...

After struggling to draw in enough fresh recruits, the Army and the Air Force saw their investments in policy changes, new programs and pay attract more than enough new enlistees this year. Mitchell ...

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — A 33-year-old mother pushing a baby stroller stopped Saturday at the Air Force recruiting tent of the Great Texas Air Show to ask about the differences in the military ...

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, ...

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.

A vast majority of Americans know little or nothing at all about the Air Force's special warfare jobs, an issue highlighted in a new think tank study as the service has struggled to recruit for those ...

Soldiers with the Wichita Recruiting Company at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, Kansas, Sept. 9, 2023. (Pfc. Aiden Griffitts/Army) After several difficult years, the Army and Air Force say they ...

The military missed its overall recruiting goals by 41,000 last fiscal year — the steepest shortfall since the end of the draft more than 50 years ago. Army leaders say things are turning around. The ...

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 ...

The U.S. Air Force is making changes to waiver policies to increase recruitment. The waiver adjustments will focus on several health matters, which should result in a greater number of applicants ...