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Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the branch is likely to experience a 10% shortfall in recruiting in 2023. The BMI criteria changes — announced in January and implemented on April 1, ...

Brown told Fox News up to 100 more recruits will now be eligible to join the Air Force each month. Body mass index (BMI) is a rough estimate of body fat percentage.

Halfway through the fiscal year, the active duty Air Force has brought in less than 50% of its goal of 26,877 new airmen for 2023. Around 11,200 recruits have come in so far, Miller said.

Air Force Recruiting Service commander Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein told reporters in a roundtable that the service will hit its goal of 27,100 non-prior service enlisted recruits this year.