There 
are 329,638 airmen on active duty and 138,801 full-time USAF civilian employees, according to the Air Force Personnel Center’s newly published demographics data, current as of Sept. 30. In the active duty ranks are 66,201 officers, with an average age of 35, and 263,437 enlisted personnel, with an average age of 29. Women are 19.2 percent of the force. There are 14,083 active duty pilots, 4,074 navigators, 1,426 air battle managers, and 30,075 non-rated line officers. Slightly more than 20 percent of the force is currently assigned overseas (including Alaska and Hawaii) and 59.2 percent of airmen are married. The officers have served on average 11 years, compared to 8 years for enlisted airmen. The average age of an Air Force civilian is 47.1 years. Almost one-third, or 31.6 percent, of USAF civilians are female. (Randolph report by SSgt. Steve Grever)
Army Building Up New Space Operations Branch
Oct. 15, 2026
The Army has long been dependent on space capabilities to navigate terrain, communicate in hard-to-reach areas, and identify and strike targets. Now, the service wants to deepen its space operations expertise and is making plans to expand its own cadre of operators in the coming years.