The leader of the Air National Guard believes the Air National Guard needs more airmen to accomplish the missions assigned to it by the Air Force. That must be unwelcome news for an Air Force leadership that plans to cut around 22,000 slots from the Air Guard and Air Reserve components over the next five years, as part of an overall reduction of about 50,000 personnel. Lt. Gen. Daniel James III told lawmakers last week that ANG had “run three different scenarios” to reflect doing all and doing X percentage of what USAF expects the Air Guard to handle and “every time, we’ve come out with a number higher than 106,800 [air guardsmen].”
PHOTOS: Air Force Shows Off Second B-21 in New Images
Sept. 12, 2025
On Sept. 12, the Air Force released half a dozen new photos of the second B-21 bomber to fly, giving observers and aviation enthusiasts another glimpse of the secretive Raider.
