Fillinq Out the Air National Guard

摘要

Despite recent successes, the Air National Guard is beginning to see its recruiting slip a bit, and it remains an area of concern. In August, both the Air Force and Air Force Reserve met their accessions goals—but the Air Guard fell four percent short.rnComplicating Air Guard recruiting is the 2005 round of Base Realignment and Closure actions, which stripped airframes from a number of states and ordered a large number of mission changes. In many cases, ANG units are now or will soon be controlling unmanned aerial vehicles—not manned fighters.rnHowever, this realignment may only produce a brief blip in Guard recruiting and retention, and may be something that will soon correct itself.