The Air Force had to reduce its target recruiting goal by several thousand airmen due to ongoing congressional budget delays, but is still on pace to hit its newly revised benchmark by the end of this month, according to the service. Chief Master Sgt. Frank Rawls, the top recruiter for the Air Force, told Military.com in an interview Tuesday that the service is "96%" of the way to its active-duty goal of 29,950 airmen with expectations it will hit that number by the end of this month -- roughly