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Air Force Recruiting Service honors Blue Suit winners
March 23, 2023 — Air Force Recruiting Service honored this year’s top recruiters during their annual Operation Blue Suit Arrival Ceremony March 21, an event complete with a saber team and the Air Force’s own Band of the West performing. The ceremony was a chance to celebrate their outstanding achievements and publicly thank them for their contribution to the Air Force recruiting. ... MORE

Air Force Recruiting Service relaunches Airforce.com as a Total Force recruiting destination
February 6, 2023 — The site builds upon the existing design and infrastructure of airforce.com while consolidating important information about joining the Air Force’s active component, Air National Guard, or Air Force Reserve into a single, integrated website... MORE

Aim High application gets updated feature to help any Airman become a recruiter
January 20, 2023 — Air Force Recruiting Service updated their Aim High application to allow any app user to assist in the Air Force’s recruiting efforts... MORE

One couple’s extraordinary journey to becoming Airmen
November 9, 2022 — A thirty-something couple with college degrees and a pet enlisted in the Air Force to pursue a dream... MORE

Bodybuilding helps recruiter lift the weight of life
November 7, 2022 — Master Sgt. Lisa Schuur, of the 332nd Recruiting Squadron, recently walked away with five first-place medals after competing in her first National Physique Committee bodybuilding competition, the NPC Southern Muscle Showdown National Qualifier in Dalton, Georgia, on Oct. 1, 2022... MORE

Life as an instructor pilot chronicled on latest “The Air Force Starts Here” podcast
September 14, 2022 — Learn first-hand about life as an instructor pilot through the experiences of a 71st Flying Training Wing officer on the latest episode of "The Air Force Starts Here" podcast, released Sept. 13, 2022... MORE

How the new Special Warfare Branch at AFRS is making a difference
August 17, 2022 — One year into being, the Special Warfare Branch at Air Force Recruiting Service is yielding results by trying new approaches to win talent for an elite set of careers... MORE

DAF leadership discusses strengthening partnerships with military support groups
August 15, 2022 — Department of the Air Force senior leadership hosted a roundtable with leaders from some of the country’s most prominent military and veteran support organizations Aug. 9 in the Pentagon. The forum enabled DAF leadership to update the groups on top priorities and challenges and discuss how to partner effectively in support of Airmen, Guardians and family members... MORE

AFRS commander announces criteria for cup challenge
June 22, 2022 — During the final stretch of a fiscal year quest to meet Air Force Recruiting Service’s goal and Air Force manpower requirements, the service’s senior recruiter outlined a novel competition among his unit's recruiters and their squadrons... MORE

How Special Warfare recruiters helped an Airman begin his quest from afar
May 12, 2022 — When a dual citizen living in the Land of the Rising Sun began his more than 6,000-mile journey to Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 1, 2022, it was the latest major step in his quest to become an Air Force Special Warfare Airman... MORE

Air Force unveils new airpower ad in theaters
May 9, 2022 — The U.S. Air Force plans to unveil their latest commercial titled “Own the Sky” in theaters during moviegoers’ long-awaited release of "Top Gun: Maverick." The heart-pounding, adrenaline-inducing ad gives the audience a sense of what it might feel like to be on the receiving end of the Air Force’s might and accentuates the importance of airpower in America’s security... MORE

AFPC accepting applications for officer instructor, recruiting duty
April 12, 2022 — The Air Force Personnel Center will accept applications from active duty line of the Air Force officers for the calendar year 2023 Officer Instructor & Recruiting Special Duty, or OI&RSD, Nomination Board from April 11 to May 14... MORE

Facing recruiting headwinds, Air Force offers thousands in new enlistment incentives
April 11, 2022 — The Air Force added more opportunities for future Airmen to receive bonuses upon entering active duty in fiscal year 2022... MORE

AFRS marksman, advertising NCO hits targets in Phoenix
March 3, 2022 — Staff Sgt. Cameron Keating, advertising noncommissioned officer for Space Force in AFRS’s marketing directorate has been a member of the Air Force Rifle Team, part of the Air Force’s World Class Athlete Program, for 10 years. He recently competed in Arizona and did some work to help local recruiters at the same time... MORE

USecAF gets firsthand look at AETC’s values-based approach to foundational readiness
October 6, 2021 — Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones visited Joint Base San Antonio Oct. 1-4, seeing firsthand how Air Education and Training Command ingrains dignity and respect throughout the force, and how the command implements a values-based approach to training and readiness. ... MORE

Space Force, Air Force Total Force recruiting makes goal for Fiscal 2021
October 1, 2021 — For the first time in five years, each of the Total Force recruiting partners have reached or exceeded their recruiting goal and each has achieved its end strength for Fiscal 2021... MORE

Accession pipeline entities meet on ‘Bridging the Gap’
September 29, 2021 — Nearly 100 attendees from across the accession pipeline gathered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Sept. 14-16 to give members of the training community an opportunity to cross-talk... MORE

In-service recruiters help active duty Airmen continue service in Reserve
September 23, 2021 — The Air Force Reserve has an office whose primary purpose is to provide Airmen valuable information about extending career opportunities after active duty service. The professionals working in these offices are known as in-service recruiters... MORE

Avionics Airman returns to EAA AirVenture to inspire next generation
August 7, 2021 — This is the mission of Air Force Recruiting Service – to inspire, engage and recruit the next generation of Airmen and Guardians. Personnel on active duty orders can join this mission by participating in the We Are All Recruiters program that gives them the opportunity to go on permissive temporary duty status to tell their unique story... MORE

Air Force Recruiting kicks off Special Warfare summer surge
August 3, 2021 — Air Force Recruiting Service is turning up the heat this summer with a Special Warfare recruiting surge. The idea is to stockpile potential warriors in the developmental pool to have them ready for Basic Military Training by fiscal year 2022... MORE