Posted on 10/21/2017 4:22:07 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Trump Signs Order Allowing Recall of Retired Air Force Pilots
October 20, 2017 10:16 PM
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will allow the Air Force to bring back to active duty as many as 1,000 retired pilots to address a pilot shortage.
A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Cmdr. Gary Ross, said the Air Force is short about 1,500 pilots.
“The pilot supply shortage is a national-level challenge that could have adverse effects on all aspects of both the government and commercial aviation sectors for years to come,” Ross said.
25-pilot cap removed
Under current law, the Air Force is limited to recalling 25 pilots. Trump’s order, which amends a post-9/11 emergency declaration, removes that cap for the Air Force, as well as other branches of the military.
Ross said the secretary of Defense is expected to allow the secretary of the Air Force to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots for up to three years.
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Seems I remember that back in the ‘60s there was a minor item when getting your commission that you could be recalled up to age sixty-nine.
I always wondered what they would do with a sixty-nine year-old 1st Lieutenant.
My son will help, as he is fixing to enter USAF pilot training shortly. We both said this is exactly what might happen.
If they’re recalling retired officers then those would be pilots with 20 or more years service. So they would be lieutenant colonels or full colonels. How is that going to help out at the squadron level?
This is not going to turn out well.
It is not as if these guys are sitting around doing nothing...
I imagine there. Pulse be enough who would want to do this
On a, uh, personal note sir, I'd just like to add that, uh, ever since I was kidnapped by aliens 10 years ago, I've been dyin' for some payback. Just want you know that, uh, I won't let ya down.
Some nay be that old...but some may be younger pilots that are in the Reserve
Shooting to bring back the 100’s of pilots who left under Obama I suppose.
The should call back some senior command officers who were forced out by Obama for various and dubious reasons.
My brother was RIF’d after 20 years in the Reserves as a major. USAF said he didn’t go to Air Command and Staff College so they sent him walking.
Apparently it was irrelevant that he was deployed for the better part of 10 years .......
RLTW
Proof the whole "skills shortage" in tech is a knowing lie.
Fixing another problem left by the stench of the Obama regime.
Taking it up the ass won’t be an excuse anymore for those that want out.
ROFLMAO!!
It is, it is, Mark17.
Those would be First Lieutenants then are Captains and Majors in today’s Air Force. And the same guy with a row of medals then has two rows of medals with identical experiences, IMO.
“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.”
— Al Pacino, in Godfather III
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