The U.S. joins 24 other nations in signing the Open Skies Treaty, which allows any one of them to fly unarmed aerial reconnaissance missions over any other signatory nation.
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…