Effectively Recruiting and Retaining Fifth-Generation Airmen for the F-35 Fifth-Generation Weapons System within the Air National Guard
Abstract
The Air National Guard will need to recruit and retain the talent for a 5th-generation weapons platform to meet effective manning strength, which it currently is not meeting, rather than end strength numbers for the more technically sophisticated 5th-generation fighter. The active-duty United States Air Force and the Air National Guard are receiving the new F-35 5th-Generation fighter jet. The brand new technologies and systems in the F-35 make the jet the most sophisticated and capable fighter jet in the world. The F-35 is far more technically advance than the 4th-Generation F-16s and F-15s which it is replacing. The Air National Guard will initially field three F-35 units and these bases will need to change their recruiting and retention strategies to meet the effective manning requirements and fill vacant technical jobs it currently faces. Each F-35 base will need to work with the state and communities to come up with new strategies to recruit new members or prior service members to the Air National Guard while retaining the members that have the experience and currently serve. The challenges of recruiting new members scoring high on the mechanical and electrical portions of the ASVAB and finding new members who have the propensity to serve is a problem that the Air National Guard needs to solve. The Air National Guard will need to partner within their communities and states to bring awareness and educate the general public of the benefits of the Air National Guard in their communities and the opportunities the Air National Guard offers to increase the recruiting and retention efforts to meet effective manning strength.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 23, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1177654
Entities
People
- Shawn D. Daley
Organizations
- Marine Corps University