John McCain: “this budget requests a precipitous and dangerous drop in military end strength which I believe puts our Nation's…”

That was not exactly accurate coming from Raj Shah.

Major General Robinson, what efforts has the Air Force implemented that are seeing positive impacts on retention?

I have to recognize that it has been this body, this Senate Committee, very important Committee on Indian Affairs that has been helping us.

The Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) required the Air Force to maintain a minimum of 1,900 fighter aircraft, of which at least 1,100 would be combat coded.