Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) recently spent some time at Vance AFB, Okla., making one of his routine visits to military facilities in Oklahoma, reports the Vance Airscoop. Inhofe is slated to become chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, should Republicans retain a majority after mid-term elections next month. At Vance, Inhofe said that he likes to visit state facilities every couple of months “just to be up on everything.” However, he noted that this visit offered his first opportunity to see Vance’s new family housing, which he called “most impressive.”
Amid a high-profile recruiting crisis, Air Force leaders and experts have increasingly noted the challenging long-term trends the service will face in enticing young Americans to sign up—decreasing eligibility to serve, less propensity to do so, and less familiarity with the military. But while those same leaders say there’s no “silver…