The Air National Guard leadership broke ground at Andrews AFB, Md., just outside Washington, D.C., on a new $52 million ANG Readiness Center. TSgt. Mike Smith reports that the Air Guard plans to consolidate personnel in the existing center, also at Andrews, and Air Guard offices that currently exist in Arlington, Va. Lt. Gen. Craig McKinley, ANG director, says the impetus for the new four-story complex was the post 9/11 force protection issue. All nine ANG directorates that oversee operations of Air Guard personnel and units around the world will occupy the new facility, which is slated to open in September 2011.
The Air Force adjusted its fiscal 2026 recruiting goal down by a few hundred enlisted Airmen due to higher-than-expected retention and the number of available training slots—but it is aiming high in fiscal 2027 with its biggest goal for the Active-Duty Air Force in nearly 25 years, and the Space…