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Air Force Raises Age Limit for Recruits to 42
https://www.airandspaceforces.com ^ | Oct. 27, 2023 | By David Roza

Posted on 11/13/2023 9:36:37 PM PST by 11th_VA

The Department of the Air Force expects to add about 50 more recruits per year after lifting its maximum age limit for initial accession from 39 years old to 42 on Oct. 24, the latest in a long series of efforts to expand the talent pool in the midst of an ongoing recruiting shortage. The change applies to both officers and enlisted in both the Air Force and Space Force …

The new age limit is the latest in a series of changes made by the Air Force over the last few years to usher in new members. Giving qualified applicants an option to retest if they test positive for marijuana use allowed about 165 Airmen to join in fiscal year 2023, while allowing small hand and neck tattoos brought in another 150. Updating the service’s body fat composition rules brought in another 700 recruits, and streamlining the process for trainees to become citizens upon graduating Basic Military Training brought in 200 new Airmen.

Financial incentives have also played a role: reinstating the enlisted college loan repayment convinced more than 200 Airmen to join since March, while $32 million of enlistment bonuses brought in more than 3,800 Airmen in fiscal 2023…

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To: 11th_VA

Are we living in Ukraine?


21 posted on 11/13/2023 10:47:53 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: BobL

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


22 posted on 11/13/2023 10:50:37 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: Paladin2

Close enough.


23 posted on 11/13/2023 10:52:19 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: 11th_VA
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".

24 posted on 11/13/2023 10:54:03 PM PST by Gritty (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution. - Saul Alinsky)
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To: Gritty

I will join when they raise age to 84.


25 posted on 11/13/2023 11:38:12 PM PST by entropy12 (Career politicians like Desantis build wealth. Trump sacrificed his wealth to srve peoe. GO TRUMP)
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To: Redcitizen

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


26 posted on 11/13/2023 11:44:04 PM PST by Jean2
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To: 11th_VA

Not good. Says we’re going to war


27 posted on 11/14/2023 12:18:35 AM PST by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: 11th_VA
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.

28 posted on 11/14/2023 12:24:38 AM PST by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: 11th_VA
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?

29 posted on 11/14/2023 1:04:48 AM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: SnuffaBolshevik
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.

30 posted on 11/14/2023 1:10:42 AM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: 11th_VA

I retired from Navy at 41.


31 posted on 11/14/2023 2:06:11 AM PST by jimfree (My 21 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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To: lee martell
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.
32 posted on 11/14/2023 2:24:45 AM PST by Wallace T.
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To: cgbg

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

LMAO


33 posted on 11/14/2023 2:53:12 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: chajin

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


34 posted on 11/14/2023 5:27:24 AM PST by shadeaud (God gave us the free will and intelligence to choose right from wrong. Use it or lose it!)
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To: 11th_VA

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


35 posted on 11/14/2023 5:34:06 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: 11th_VA

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.


36 posted on 11/14/2023 6:12:46 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: BobL

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

That does not equal those who are reaching retirement age.


37 posted on 11/14/2023 9:02:34 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Nifster

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


38 posted on 11/14/2023 10:41:25 AM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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