The Air Force wants enlisted airmen, especially those halfway through their first term, to consider becoming enlisted aviators. MSgt. Bill Bergen, the aviator career field in-service recruiter, told Daily Report Jan. 18 that there are more than 200 openings right now for flight engineers, loadmasters, airborne mission systems, flight attendants, and airborne cryptologic linguists. To encourage applicants, USAF officials are allowing interested airmen to leapfrog over the normal retraining window of opportunity.
The Air Force uses billions of gallons of fuel every year, the vast majority of it dedicated to aviation fuel to power its fleet of aircraft. But as the Defense Department seeks to increase its energy efficiency and secure its power grids, the department’s biggest consumer of fuel is looking…