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Step 1: Learn about the Military
Air Force Overview
The Air Force is the youngest of all five services. It first became a separate
service Sept. 18, 1947 after President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security
Act of 1947.
In its more than 50 years of existence, the Air Force has become the world's
premier aerospace force. Its mission simply put is to defend the nation through
the control and exploitation of air and space. Although obviously tasked with
flying missions, most personnel work on the ground in various construction,
support, and technical capacities.
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The Air Force focuses on these areas:
Aerospace Superiority: The ability to control what moves through air
and space ensures freedom of action.
Information Superiority: The ability to control and exploit information
to our nation's advantage ensures decision dominance.
Global Attack: The ability to engage adversary targets anywhere, anytime,
holds any adversary at risk.
Precision Engagement: The ability to deliver desired effects with minimal
risk and collateral damage, denies the enemy sanctuary.
Rapid Global Mobility: The ability to rapidly position forces anywhere
in the world, ensures unprecedented responsiveness.
Agile Combat Support: The ability to sustain flexible and efficient combat
operations is the foundation of success.
The Verdict: The Air Force is focused on flying. There are also plenty
of other opportunities on land though. If you like flying and/or working with
flight systems & technology, the Air Force is for you.
The Air Force has two large reputations: one of concentrating a little more
on high-tech training than the other services, and the other of being "softer"
than the others. There is a little truth and a whole lot of false to these reputations
- you need to go beyond these notions when talking with a recruiter.
