Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps officials believe that Congress is going to approve legislation this year that would open the way for National Guard and Reserve retirees to serve as JROTC instructors. They believe it so strongly that they want potential instructors to fill out and submit their applications now. Get them while they’re hot, right here.
Happy Birthday US Air Force: 78 Today
Sept. 18, 2025
Seventy-eight years ago today, on Sept. 18, 1947, Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson swore in Stuart Symington as the first ever Secretary of the Air Force, and the Air Force officially became the first new military service since the Revolutionary War.