The Air National Guard fell 13 percent short of its monthly recruiting goal for July, leaving it about 17 percent behind for the fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30. The active duty Air Force and Air Force Reserve Command are meeting their recruiting goals for this fiscal year.
Boeing's second quarter earnings saw no charges for the KC-46 tanker, on which the company has lost $5 billion so far, and Boeing writ large returned to profitability after being in the red for two years due to the pandemic's crushing effect on air travel. Defense programs led the recovery.