Air Force Reserve Command says it has already passed its recruiting goal for 2006, taking in the 8,001 recruit on Aug. 31. Officials credit Reserve airmen for providing the most enlisted recruiting leads to the command’s recruiters, under a program AFRC calls “Get One Now.” There’s still one month to go before the command tallies its final 2006 numbers.
Amid NATO’s continued push to ramp up air defenses in Eastern Europe, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall swung by seven allied countries to boost relations last week, including those on Russia’s and Ukraine’s doorstep.