The Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Michael Moseley, told lawmakers Wednesday that the Air Force has “offered up 71 joint cumulative new endeavors to better associate with the Guard,” moving it “into new equipment and new mission areas.” He noted, too, that he met on Tuesday with “all of the 54 TAGs in the Adjutants General Association” to talk about Air Force plans for the Air National Guard. And, Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne added that USAF had “in partnership” with both Air Guard and Air Reserve worked up BRAC follow-on plans “to try to make sure that we don’t leave stranded forces.” This sounds like the Air Force took to heart last summer’s complaints about lack of consultation over BRAC plans.
The Air Force achieved its goal of recruiting 32,750 Active-Duty enlisted Airmen for 2026 five months ahead of schedule, military officials said this week—its biggest recruiting year in more than two decades.