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The Air Force wants to add more National Guard and Reserve personnel to ease its pilot shortage

The Air Force is looking to bring more National Guard and and Reserve pilots to active duty in order to ease the service's pilot shortage.

  • The Air Force faces a chronic shortage of pilots.
  • To address the gaps in its ranks, the service has taken action to boost pilot production and retention.
  • The latest move will allow more Air National Guard and Reserve pilots to move into active-duty roles.
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The Air Force has made a number of moves to reduce its shortage of active-duty pilots, including bringing on more retired pilots to administrative roles in order to keep qualified fliers in the air.

Now the service is looking to expand the number of pilots it draws in from the Air National Guard and Reserve to fill vacancies across the active-duty force.

On October 1, the

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