If you judge what the article actually says, versus what the Title implies, they are two different animals.
“May recall”, “no plans to do it”, “only if the pilots want to return to the service”...phrases like that from the article don’t shouldn’t invoke all
the questions the title provokes.
” “May recall”, “no plans to do it”, “only if the pilots want to return to the service” ...”
USAF leaders hate to be mean to pilots, and talk to them accordingly.
In 2010, USAF faced a shortage of navigators. A voluntary recall was announced. Additional verbiage in the announcement warned the community that if insufficient volunteers came forward, involuntary recall would be resorted to.