The Air Force has decided to join in the latest online rage for young people—MySpace—as another means to “connect with potential recruits.” The service launched its user profile today for MySpace.com, an Internet social networking site that has some 98 million registered users. Statisticians tell the Air Force that MySpace reaches 49 percent of all Internet users between the ages of 18 and 24. We hope MySpace has concluded its efforts to make it harder for adults to pose as young people on the popular site.
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.