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Air Force Salutes campaign to honor those working the front lines
April 14, 2020 — The Air Force is promoting a campaign to recognize those on the front lines battling the COVID-19 pandemic. Air Force Salutes is a way Airmen can honor someone in their community who doesn’t wear the Air Force uniform but still embodies the Air Force core value of service before self. ... MORE

Agile recruiting methods required to get future Airmen to basic training
April 10, 2020 — Travel restrictions, cancelled flights and social distancing guidelines due to the COVID-19 pandemic aren’t getting in the way of the Air Force Recruiting Service’s mission. As the world is telling people to stay at home, the Air Force is finding new and diverse ways to ship applicants to Basic Military Training... MORE

Recruiters use agile methods to ship recruits to Air Force Basic Military Training during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Air Force Recruiting Service’s Inspire Operations Team wins Diversity and Inclusion Award
March 26, 2020 — Air Force Recruiting Service’ Inspire Operations Team, part of Detachment 1, was awarded the Air Education and Training Command’s 2020 Air Force Diversity and Inclusion Award. Next, they compete at the Air Force level... MORE

AFRS Operation Blue Suit recognizes Reserve and Guard Airmen
March 20, 2020 — For the first time since the inception of the Air Force Recruiting Service Operation Blue Suit award, AFRS is recognizing its Total Force partners by honoring an Air Force Reservist and Air National Guardsman... MORE

Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavit, Air Force Recrruiting Service commander, talks to a group of recruiters as she congratulates the 2020 Operation Blue Suit winners.

Air Force changes path of entry for enlisted special warfare operators
February 20, 2020 — To better afford enlisted recruits the time and opportunity to find the path of their greatest calling, the Air Force has created a single path of entry into the special warfare recruiting and initial training pipeline called the Special Warfare Operator Enlistment Vectoring program... MORE

Special warfare trainee patrols in the middle of green smoke

AETC commander swears in newest Air Force enlistees at Daytona 500
February 18, 2020 — In front of a crowd estimated at around 100,000 looking on, Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Education and Training Command, swore in 30 of the Air Force’s newest Total Force enlistees prior to the start of the Daytona 500 Feb. 16, 2020. ... MORE

Air Force Recruiting Total Force Enterprise makes FY19 goal
October 11, 2019 — Air Force Recruiting Service had a successful performance in fiscal year 2019 as each of its components made their recruitment goals for the year... MORE

Senior Master Sgt. Randy Rodriguez, superintendent of the Air Force Recruiting Total Force Recruiting Cell at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, rings the bell signifying Air Force Recruiting Service reached their yearly goal. Each person at AFRS headquarters gets a turn ringing the bell celebrating making goal.

Pilot Training Next graduates 14 in learning experiment's second iteration
August 30, 2019 — Air Education and Training Command’s Pilot Training Next program graduated 14 U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and the Royal Air Force students from the learning experiment’s second iteration in a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Aug. 29... MORE

Pilot Training Next students pose for a group photo after graduation from the learning experiment's second iteration with Brig. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, Air Force Recruiting Service commander, Aug. 29 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. PTN is a program to explore and potentially prototype a training environment that integrates various technologies to produce pilots in an accelerated, cost efficient, learning-focused manner.

Military trailblazer speaks at Breaking Barriers event
April 18, 2019 — Brig. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, Air Force Recruiting Service commander, shared her story, leadership lessons and recruiting service challenges with members of Joint Base San Antonio at a Breaking Barriers event April 10 at the Fleenor Auditorium at JBSA-Randolph... MORE

Brig. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, commander of Air Force Recruiting Service, speaks to youth attendees at the Breaking Barriers event April 10, 2019, in the Fleenor Auditorium, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. The purpose of this event was to provide an opportunity for the JBSA community to hear, ask questions and learn from a leader like Brig. Gen. Leavitt as she shares her story as the first female fighter pilot and the first woman to command an Air Force combat fighter wing and talks about effective leadership practices in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by: Airman 1st Class Shelby Pruitt)

First Air Force Total Force Recruiting School graduation a milestone toward integration
February 28, 2019 — As the Air Force moves forward on making recruiting a Total Force concept, it reached a landmark Feb. 22, with the first Total Force graduating class at the recruiting schoolhouse... MORE

Senior Master Sgt. Susan Scapperotti, an Air Force Recruiting School instructor, teaches the first Total Force class at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

Recruiting: the first face of the Air Force
January 8, 2019 — As the first face of the Air Force, it’s important that recruiters embody the pride, professionalism and enthusiasm it takes to be an Airman... MORE

A class graduates from the 344th Training Squadron Air Force recruiting school Dec. 6, 2018, at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The Air Force Recruiting Service mission is to inspire, engage and recruit future Airmen to deliver airpower for America. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stormy Archer)

Recruiting influencers tour C-5M Super Galaxy
November 14, 2018 — Fifteen Air Force recruiting influencers visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Nov. 8... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Eric K. Ganley, 68th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, talks with Lt. Col. Terrance J. Holmes, 332nd Recruiting Squadron commander, about the flight engineer station on a C-5M Super Galaxy Nov. 8, 2018 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.