Just 1 in 30 people who show interest through the Air Force's website, or at an event like an airshow, end up applying to join.

The Air Force is trying to break down the walls between how it recruits active-duty, Air National Guard and Air Reserve airmen as it moves to a new “total force recruiting” strategy.

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 ...

Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, head of the Air Force Recruiting Service, is describing Generation Z as being “not patriotic, in the traditional sense.” ...

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 ...

Everything went wrong for the Air Force in 2023 as it fell short of its recruiting goal for the first time in 24 years. Commanders say that's changing.

Recruiters struggling to meet enlistment goals took boxes of free mugs and lanyards, and fanned out to theaters for the premiere.

One short-term solution to recruitment struggles is money. The Air Force and Navy commanders said they had to request more money for bonuses this year as they began to see the recruiting struggle ...

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 ...

The Air Force is setting new targets to ensure it is recruiting a force that represents the country's diversity, shaking up how it finds prospective members, the service's top recruiting chief ...

Military recruiting routinely faces challenges, but that the Air Force is struggling to meet its recruiting goal highlights the grim reality of a competitive labor market where 71 percent of Americans ...

Air Force recruiters struggling to meet their enlistment goals took boxes of free mugs and lanyards, and fanned out to movie theaters for the premiere, determined to capitalize on the jet-fueled ex… ...