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The Air Force will open the ranks for up to 1,000 retired airmen to return to the service to fill critical positions in a new policy change announced Wednesday.
Air Force Quietly Ends Program Allowing Retired Pilots to Return to Service A patch displaying the Deadly Black Eagle emblem is displayed on a flight suit of a 435th Fighter Training Squadron student pilot Jan. 5, 2016. (Beth Anschutz/U.S. Air Force) 30 Apr 2021 The U.S. Air Force has pulled the plug on a program that allowed retired pilots to come back to service. The service quietly canceled its Voluntary Retired Return to Active Duty Program, or VRRAD, program back in December, spokeswoman Ann Stefanek confirmed to Military.com. The service began the program in 2017 in an effort to fill fl...