Active duty airmen and civilians leaving USAF as part of the 40,000 personnel drawdown have a chance to continue an Air Force career by becoming an air reserve technician with Air Force Reserve Command. ARTs work as full-time civilian employees and part-time reservists. Currently, states an AFRC news release, the command has about 10,000 ARTs. Officials could not tell the Daily Report how many openings AFRC has, but a spokesman said there are numerous in all sorts of job categories. AFRC posts openings on a federal job Web site under Announcement 443.
The 301st Fighter Wing in Fort Worth, Texas, became the first standalone Reserve unit in the Air Force to get its own F-35s, welcoming the first fighter Nov. 5.