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| Subject: Slavery alive and well: The Air Force now has the power to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots to address its personnel crisis Sat Oct 21, 2017 10:01 pm | |
| President Donald Trump amended an executive order on Friday to allow the Defence Department to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots in order to address the Air Force's shortage of qualified fliers.
Defence Secretary Jim Mattis reportedly requested the move, and he now has "additional authorities to recall retired aviation officers," Pentagon spokesman Navy Cmdr. Gary Ross said in a statement.
The Air Force is currently about 1,500 pilots shy of the 20,300 it is mandated to have. Of those missing, about 1,000 are fighter pilots. Some officials have deemed the shortage a "quiet crisis."
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/air-force-now-power-recall-101256194.html |
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