USAF is still substantially short of its complement of medical personnel. For Fiscal 2005, which ended Sept. 30, the Air Force gained 753 health professionals but needed 1,123. Coming up short of new medical folks is not new for USAF. Lt. Gen. Peach Taylor Jr., Air Force Surgeon General, told the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee this week that the Air Force “continues to face significant challenges in the recruitment and retention of physician
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.