The Air Force says it has launched an array of new bonuses to help sign up young people...
An airman gets a hug from a loved one after the Air Force holds a public graduation ceremony for basic training recruits for the first time in 16 months at JBSA Lackland in the summer of 2021.Facing turbulence in its mission to recruit young people, the Air Force is offering an array of sign-up bonuses to try to attract enough of them to fill critical specialties.
The offer will be good through Sept. 30, the end of the federal fiscal year, according to the Air Force Recruiting Service, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. But today the U.S. economy’s good job market is the major challenge. The Air Force’s “qualified-and-waiting” list is about half of what has been typical for this time of year.
He made similar comments at a ceremony last month honoring his command’s “Blue Suit” award recipients, chosen for their leadership and recruiting numbers. He told those in the audience that 2022 has been the toughest year since 1999, the last time the recruiting service couldn’t meet its goals.
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