The US Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) has a mission to defend the United States by the means of air and space. It has 37 flying wings, have their own aircraft and seven associate units. There are some 620 mission support units in the AFRC. The Office of the US Air Force Reserve, in Washington D.C. is headed by the Chief of Air Force Reserve, a Reserve Major General.

Air Force Reserves make a recruiting goal every year, and for the fourth year in a row, the Air Force Command recruiters have exceeded their goal. Air Force Reserve had succeeded in getting 9636 new recruits by the end of August,2004; where their goal until September 30, was 9600.

Apart from the Air Force Reserve, Air Force has a number of career options available, but is still over populated. In order to reduce the population in the US Air Force, a revised Career Job Reservation (CTR) list has been formed. This will be beneficial for the US Air Force Career. Under this program, first-term airmen are supposed to compete for a limited number of re-enlistment groups or slots, and get into one to have a good Air Force Career.

As far as Air Force Recruiters are concerned, the Air Force Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is the largest source of trained officers for Air Force. It offers two educational programs-Air Force Senior ROTC and Air Force Junior ROTC. Its units are located at 143 colleges and universities in USA and Puerto Rico. Another Air-Force Recruiter is Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and offers more than 1350 active technical courses.

The US Air Force Pay has been designed in a manner, that it can provide maximum benefit to the ones who need it the most. The air-force pay is determined by the rank, marital status and years of service provided by the officer. There are also many incentive pay programs for which an officer may qualify including health, housing and education benefits.