Continuing a trend congruent with other military branches, the United States Air Force has officially missed its recruiting goals for 2023, the first time since 1999.
During a media round table, Secretary Frank Kendall told Military.com,
Weâre almost to the end of the fiscal year, and the expectation is weâre going to come in short about 10%. Iâm overall encouraged by where we are in recruiting, but we still have a lot of work.
Kendall said, adding that the service plans to address long-standing recruiting issues in an effort to improve next year.
Leslie Brown, a spokeswoman for the Air Force Recruiting Service, also told Military.com in an email that while the Air Force is slated to be behind their goals by 10% this fiscal year, recruitment for next yearâs cycle is supposedly doing better…
