F32002 USAF MODERN GROUND CREW - VOLUME 2

United States Armed Forces ) are currently the most powerful and strongest troops in the world, with an active staff of approximately 1.36 million people and a budget of $ 686 billion in 2018. One of their most important components is the air force, i.e. the United States Air Force (USAF in short), which became an independent type of armed force in 1947. They are now recognized as the most powerful and modern air force in the world. At present, they have a total of over 5,300 aircraft, and about 320,000 airplanes are used in them. professional soldiers and approx. 142 thousand. civilian workers. To this should be added approx. 69,000 members of the reserve and approx. 106,000. National Guard reservists. Every USAF member, including future ground personnel, undergoes Basic Military Training (BMT), which is 8.5 weeks long. This is followed by further specialist training, making the future USAF soldier a specialist in a given field. It is worth adding that the time of specialist training may vary from 4-5 weeks to 52 weeks. As a curiosity, it can be said that an aviation mechanic serving in the USAF earns from 25,000 to 63,000 annually. dollars, and the service technician / mechanic of on-board electronics - from 27 to 62 thousand. dollars a year. Such big differences result from experience, years of service, work in the country or in combat conditions, etc.