The Hill: The Air Force said it doesn't plan to recall retired pilots, after President Trump signed an executive order last week on the issue.
The Air Force does not “currently intend to recall retired pilots," Ann Stefanek, the chief of Air Force media operations, told The Associated Press.
The comments come after Trump signed an executive order that would allow the Air Force to call upon 1,000 retired airmen to return to active duty amid a nationwide shortage of military combat pilots.
The White House announced that Trump would use powers under the National Emergencies Act, signed in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, to subject the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force to the direction of the secretary of Defense on the matter.
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