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After Hitting Record Retention Numbers, Air Force May Push Some Troops Toward Reserves
 
2 Dec 2020
Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk

Citing the highest service member retention rates in two decades, a top Air Force general says the service may need some troops to transfer into other specialties, or into the Guard or Reserve.

Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly, the deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services, said Tuesday that the service asked Congress to authorize 900 more active-duty airmen, for a total end strength of roughly 333,700. But the service finished out the 2020 fiscal year "already over the 333,700" benchmark, he said.
 

"Our retention levels right now are probably the highest we've seen in 20 years, going all the way back to shortly after 9/11," Kelly told reporters during a phone call. The service estimates it now has roughly 334,600 active-duty airmen.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/12/02/after-hitting-record-retention-numbers-air-force-may-push-some-troops-toward-reserves.html

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