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Latest "end strength" stories
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New in 2022: The Air Force will try to rightsize the number of airmen
The service must stabilize its workforce amid conflicting fiscal and personnel issues.
Most Air Force manning remains flat while Space Force spikes in $174 billion budget request
The Department of the Air Force released its $173.7 billion budget request for fiscal 2022 on Friday, a 3.3 percent increase over 2021.
Gen. Brown: The Air Force isn’t getting bigger; to win wars it must must move airmen into undermanned jobs
"We’re going to have to make some unhappy people … in order to make sure we can get all the mission sets done," Brown told reporters.
Historic retention rates credited by Army, Air Force generals with helping them meet end-strengths
Although the coronavirus pandemic has lowered basic training graduation rates this year, Army and Air Force leaders aren’t expecting personnel shortfalls.
By Kyle Rempfer