{"id":24556,"date":"2017-10-15T16:51:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T16:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/10\/15\/air-force-hits-recruiting-goals-with-33000-new-airmen\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:43:43","slug":"air-force-hits-recruiting-goals-with-33000-new-airmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2017\/10\/15\/air-force-hits-recruiting-goals-with-33000-new-airmen\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force hits recruiting goals with 33,000 new airmen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Air Force recruited 33,071 new airmen in fiscal 2017 \u2014 a slight drop from the previous year\u2019s recruiting bonanza, but still far above other recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Air Force Recruiting Service on Oct. 6 announced that the service had met its recruitment goals and helped grow the service\u2019s end strength to 322,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, AFRS said that the 2017 recruiting drive brought in 31,001 newly enlisted airmen, 295 who were previously enlisted, 1,201 new Line of the Air Force officers, 529 health professionals, and 45 chaplains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnce again, our Air Force recruiters rallied to change the vector of the Air Force, growing our family and positively changing the lives of 33,000 young people and starting them on the greatest adventure of their lives,\u201d AFRS commander Maj. Gen. Garrett Harencak said in the Oct. 6 release.
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The Air Force brought in 33,645 new recruits in fiscal 2016, which was the highest recruitment since the Vietnam era, and smashed through that year\u2019s original goal of 28,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\t