Air force recruitment 2023

The While the Air Force will meet its active-duty numbers by the start of fiscal 2023 on Oct. 1, Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, the commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service, told reporters at the Air Force Association's Air, Space & Cyber Conference on Wednesday that the branch will be behind between 1,500 to 2,000 airmen for each component of the reserve and Guard. Thomas said the Guard and reserve numbers were harmed by "recruiting headwinds that we've been dealing with" and added that "it was never a given this year that we weren't going to meet our recruiting goal." Read Next: While the Air Force is in a better position than other services in terms of its end-of-year goals, it will be a short sigh of relief. The branch has already dipped into its bank of recruits who have delayed entry into the service. Thomas said the Air Force Recruiting Service typically has around 25% of its recruits ready to begin training by the start of the year -- in part due to the delayed-entry program -- but that number has dwindled to 10% for the start of fiscal 2023. "I would say that we're doing a dead stick landing as we come into the end of fiscal year 2022," Thomas said, describing an emergency aircraft landing in which a pilot must maneuver an airplane to the ground without its engines. "We have the 30th of September, and we're going to need to turn around on the first of October and do an afterburner takeoff." Thomas said a highly competitive civilian job market brought on by the coronavi...

When Esmita Spudes Bidari was a young girl in Nepal, she dreamed of being in the military, but that wasn't a real option in her country. Last week, she raised her right hand and took the oath to join the U.S. Army Reserves, thanks in part to a recruiter in Dallas who also is Nepalese and reached out to her through an online group. Bidari, who heads to basic training in August, is just the latest in a growing number of legal migrants enlisting in the U.S. military as it more aggressively seeks out immigrants, offering a fast track to citizenship to those who sign up. Struggling to overcome recruiting shortfalls, the Army and the Air Force have bolstered their marketing to entice legal residents to enlist, putting out pamphlets, working social media and broadening their outreach, particularly in inner cities. One key element is the use of recruiters with similar backgrounds to these potential recruits. “It is one thing to hear about the military from locals here, but it is something else when it's from your fellow brother, from the country you’re from,” said Bidari, who was contacted by Army Staff Sgt. Kalden Lama, the Dallas recruiter, on a Facebook group that helps Nepalese people in America connect with one another. “That brother was in the group and he was recruiting and he told me about the military.” The military has had success in recruiting legal immigrants, particularly among those seeking a job, education benefits and training as well as a quick route to becoming a...

The While the Air Force will meet its active-duty numbers by the start of fiscal 2023 on Oct. 1, Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, the commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service, told reporters at the Air Force Association's Air, Space & Cyber Conference on Wednesday that the branch will be behind between 1,500 to 2,000 airmen for each component of the reserve and Guard. Thomas said the Guard and reserve numbers were harmed by "recruiting headwinds that we've been dealing with" and added that "it was never a given this year that we weren't going to meet our recruiting goal." Read Next: While the Air Force is in a better position than other services in terms of its end-of-year goals, it will be a short sigh of relief. The branch has already dipped into its bank of recruits who have delayed entry into the service. Thomas said the Air Force Recruiting Service typically has around 25% of its recruits ready to begin training by the start of the year -- in part due to the delayed-entry program -- but that number has dwindled to 10% for the start of fiscal 2023. "I would say that we're doing a dead stick landing as we come into the end of fiscal year 2022," Thomas said, describing an emergency aircraft landing in which a pilot must maneuver an airplane to the ground without its engines. "We have the 30th of September, and we're going to need to turn around on the first of October and do an afterburner takeoff." Thomas said a highly competitive civilian job market brought on by the coronavi...

When Esmita Spudes Bidari was a young girl in Nepal, she dreamed of being in the military, but that wasn't a real option in her country. Last week, she raised her right hand and took the oath to join the U.S. Army Reserves, thanks in part to a recruiter in Dallas who also is Nepalese and reached out to her through an online group. Bidari, who heads to basic training in August, is just the latest in a growing number of legal migrants enlisting in the U.S. military as it more aggressively seeks out immigrants, offering a fast track to citizenship to those who sign up. Struggling to overcome recruiting shortfalls, the Army and the Air Force have bolstered their marketing to entice legal residents to enlist, putting out pamphlets, working social media and broadening their outreach, particularly in inner cities. One key element is the use of recruiters with similar backgrounds to these potential recruits. “It is one thing to hear about the military from locals here, but it is something else when it's from your fellow brother, from the country you’re from,” said Bidari, who was contacted by Army Staff Sgt. Kalden Lama, the Dallas recruiter, on a Facebook group that helps Nepalese people in America connect with one another. “That brother was in the group and he was recruiting and he told me about the military.” The military has had success in recruiting legal immigrants, particularly among those seeking a job, education benefits and training as well as a quick route to becoming a...

The While the Air Force will meet its active-duty numbers by the start of fiscal 2023 on Oct. 1, Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, the commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service, told reporters at the Air Force Association's Air, Space & Cyber Conference on Wednesday that the branch will be behind between 1,500 to 2,000 airmen for each component of the reserve and Guard. Thomas said the Guard and reserve numbers were harmed by "recruiting headwinds that we've been dealing with" and added that "it was never a given this year that we weren't going to meet our recruiting goal." Read Next: While the Air Force is in a better position than other services in terms of its end-of-year goals, it will be a short sigh of relief. The branch has already dipped into its bank of recruits who have delayed entry into the service. Thomas said the Air Force Recruiting Service typically has around 25% of its recruits ready to begin training by the start of the year -- in part due to the delayed-entry program -- but that number has dwindled to 10% for the start of fiscal 2023. "I would say that we're doing a dead stick landing as we come into the end of fiscal year 2022," Thomas said, describing an emergency aircraft landing in which a pilot must maneuver an airplane to the ground without its engines. "We have the 30th of September, and we're going to need to turn around on the first of October and do an afterburner takeoff." Thomas said a highly competitive civilian job market brought on by the coronavi...

When Esmita Spudes Bidari was a young girl in Nepal, she dreamed of being in the military, but that wasn't a real option in her country. Last week, she raised her right hand and took the oath to join the U.S. Army Reserves, thanks in part to a recruiter in Dallas who also is Nepalese and reached out to her through an online group. Bidari, who heads to basic training in August, is just the latest in a growing number of legal migrants enlisting in the U.S. military as it more aggressively seeks out immigrants, offering a fast track to citizenship to those who sign up. Struggling to overcome recruiting shortfalls, the Army and the Air Force have bolstered their marketing to entice legal residents to enlist, putting out pamphlets, working social media and broadening their outreach, particularly in inner cities. One key element is the use of recruiters with similar backgrounds to these potential recruits. “It is one thing to hear about the military from locals here, but it is something else when it's from your fellow brother, from the country you’re from,” said Bidari, who was contacted by Army Staff Sgt. Kalden Lama, the Dallas recruiter, on a Facebook group that helps Nepalese people in America connect with one another. “That brother was in the group and he was recruiting and he told me about the military.” The military has had success in recruiting legal immigrants, particularly among those seeking a job, education benefits and training as well as a quick route to becoming a...

The While the Air Force will meet its active-duty numbers by the start of fiscal 2023 on Oct. 1, Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, the commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service, told reporters at the Air Force Association's Air, Space & Cyber Conference on Wednesday that the branch will be behind between 1,500 to 2,000 airmen for each component of the reserve and Guard. Thomas said the Guard and reserve numbers were harmed by "recruiting headwinds that we've been dealing with" and added that "it was never a given this year that we weren't going to meet our recruiting goal." Read Next: While the Air Force is in a better position than other services in terms of its end-of-year goals, it will be a short sigh of relief. The branch has already dipped into its bank of recruits who have delayed entry into the service. Thomas said the Air Force Recruiting Service typically has around 25% of its recruits ready to begin training by the start of the year -- in part due to the delayed-entry program -- but that number has dwindled to 10% for the start of fiscal 2023. "I would say that we're doing a dead stick landing as we come into the end of fiscal year 2022," Thomas said, describing an emergency aircraft landing in which a pilot must maneuver an airplane to the ground without its engines. "We have the 30th of September, and we're going to need to turn around on the first of October and do an afterburner takeoff." Thomas said a highly competitive civilian job market brought on by the coronavi...

When Esmita Spudes Bidari was a young girl in Nepal, she dreamed of being in the military, but that wasn't a real option in her country. Last week, she raised her right hand and took the oath to join the U.S. Army Reserves, thanks in part to a recruiter in Dallas who also is Nepalese and reached out to her through an online group. Bidari, who heads to basic training in August, is just the latest in a growing number of legal migrants enlisting in the U.S. military as it more aggressively seeks out immigrants, offering a fast track to citizenship to those who sign up. Struggling to overcome recruiting shortfalls, the Army and the Air Force have bolstered their marketing to entice legal residents to enlist, putting out pamphlets, working social media and broadening their outreach, particularly in inner cities. One key element is the use of recruiters with similar backgrounds to these potential recruits. “It is one thing to hear about the military from locals here, but it is something else when it's from your fellow brother, from the country you’re from,” said Bidari, who was contacted by Army Staff Sgt. Kalden Lama, the Dallas recruiter, on a Facebook group that helps Nepalese people in America connect with one another. “That brother was in the group and he was recruiting and he told me about the military.” The military has had success in recruiting legal immigrants, particularly among those seeking a job, education benefits and training as well as a quick route to becoming a...