Air Force Raises Age Limit for Recruits to 42

https://www.airandspaceforces.com ^ | Oct. 27, 2023 | By David Roza

[Paladin2]

Are we living in Ukraine?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Yes, but only if they’re fags or trannies.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Close enough.

[Gritty]

42 ?

After 20 years, that used to be retirement age.

The military is for young people, not old. It can be a tough life for oldsters. You don't want geriatrics doing what needs to be done. Take it from "experience".

[entropy12]

I will join when they raise age to 84.

[Jean2]

What is next I wonder? Will they start recruiting the disabled?

[Nifster]

Not good. Says we’re going to war

[SnuffaBolshevik]

What a difference half a century makes.

When I enlisted in the Army in '74 the Air Force recruiters acted like they were doing you a favor by deigning to acknowledge that you were even in their office.

I think they had a several month waiting list to even apply.

[Mark17]

Good points - I was done at 37 - did my 20

Yup. I finished my 20 years at 39, and these clowns want to recruit 42 year olds?

[Mark17]

I think they had a several month waiting list to even apply.

USAF allowed me to apply at any time, but I didn’t go to boot camp, till almost a year later.

[jimfree]

I retired from Navy at 41.

[Wallace T.]

The Pentagon would have to run a combination of fat farms and detox centers and place draftees in there for six months before starting basic training. That pushes the lead time for rebuilding a large military longer than it was during the world wars. It took the U.S. a year after declaring war on Germany to be able to mount a large American Expeditionary Force. In 1917, most young men worked in factories, farms, and mines. Obesity was very low, and drug addiction minimal.

[Texas Fossil]

Well, the 42 sure leaves me out, but 92 would not prohibit me.

LMAO

[shadeaud]

Yankee Doodle Dandy,..... A timeless gem

[Alas Babylon!]

Damn! After 22 years service, I retired at 40! And I was considered an old man then...

[ansel12]

If the guys here think back to their late 30s, they will remember the countless times that guys would say “if I had stayed in I would be retired now” in various ways.

[ridesthemiles]

50 more per year?????????

That does not equal those who are reaching retirement age.

[Keyhopper]

I can’t go, these shoes don’t match my dress.😃