Air Force Reserve Command says it has already passed its recruiting goal for 2006, taking in the 8,001 recruit on Aug. 31. Officials credit Reserve airmen for providing the most enlisted recruiting leads to the command’s recruiters, under a program AFRC calls “Get One Now.” There’s still one month to go before the command tallies its final 2006 numbers.
A new White House policy calls for the Pentagon to craft plans for additional space launch facilities to support a projected increase in launch demand that could see the U.S. supporting as many as 1,000 launches by 2030, more than a fivefold increase from 2025.