The Air Force wants enlisted airmen, especially those halfway through their first term, to consider becoming enlisted aviators. MSgt. Bill Bergen, the aviator career field in-service recruiter, told Daily Report Jan. 18 that there are more than 200 openings right now for flight engineers, loadmasters, airborne mission systems, flight attendants, and airborne cryptologic linguists. To encourage applicants, USAF officials are allowing interested airmen to leapfrog over the normal retraining window of opportunity.
The Air Force budget would grow to $234 billion while Space Force spending would shrink to $26 billion under the White House's yearly ask.