Air Force Reserve plans to add 4,000 airmen

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Air Force Reserve plans to add 4,000 airmen
By Sam LaGrone - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Feb 3, 2009 18:24:23 EST

The Air Force Reserve is set to expand its ranks by more than 4,000 airmen in the next three years, Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, the Air Reserve chief, said Monday.

A new recruiting drive, planned as part of the 2010 presidential budget, will add 4,256 more airmen to the 67,500 ready Air Reserve in the next three years.

An increase in the Reserve force would correspond to a bump in end strength for big Air Force, from about 322,000 to 330,000, that was approved by Congress in the 2009 defense authorization bill.

The 4,256 reservists have yet to be slotted for jobs, but Stenner said the bulk of the new billets would be involved in the Air Force’s emerging missions, including the F-22 and F-35 fighter programs, cybermissions and unmanned aerial vehicles.

“This is what we think will work,” Stenner said in an interview.


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