Fixing the Fighter Pilot Manning Crisis: Recruiting and Retention in the Air National Guard

Abstract

The ANG does not have enough fighter pilots, and more are leaving every day. With fighter pilot inventories decreasing, the ANG needs to work on recruiting, and retention to keeping its manning documents full and its missions accomplished. The USAF has been in a steady state of cost savings and downsizing for the last twenty-eight years. The ANG has felt the repercussions of the downsizing in all areas. With the rapidly growing airline industry and lack of fighter squadrons in the USAF, the ANG needs to spend more attention ensuring all ANG fighter squadrons are manned and equipped to defend the nation abroad and at home. This analysis examines the current and forecasted manning situations, the causal factors associated with the manning deficiencies, and provides a series of recommendations for recruiting and retaining fighter pilots more successfully for the ANG.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 2018
Accession Number
AD1176936

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  • Tyler R. Cox

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  • Marine Corps University

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