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Business Editors/Military & Defense Writers
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2001
The U.S. Air Force launches the third annual tour of the "U.S. Air Force Experience" today in its continuing efforts to reconnect with America. After its most successful year in almost two decades, Air Force Recruiting Service has launched a two-pronged plan aimed at letting America know it is still hiring. First, it has stepped up its fight to recruit engineers, doctors, dentists, nurses and other medical specialties to fill critical positions in fiscal year 2002. The second prong is aimed at putting its message about "Crossing Into the Blue" in a high-tech, interactive, traveling attraction designed to help boost recruiting and reconnect the Air Force with the American public at high schools, retail locations and special events across the country. The first stop, a Veteran's Day weekend event at the Pennzoil 400 in Homestead, Fla.
The Air Force Experience features a real version of the Air Force's premier multi-role fighter aircraft, the F-16 Fighting Falcon, and a fleet of customized F-16 flight simulators that let visitors fly high-speed "virtual" missions. This educational and entertainment experience offers excitement and a bit of an edge in a style designed to ignite the interests of young adults between ages 17 and 25.
"As the Air Force Experience is on its third successful year ...