There are about 69,000 commissioned officers on active duty in the Air Force, and about 288,000 enlisted members. Like the Army, the active duty Air Force is supplemented by the Air Force Reserves, and the Air National Guard.
The musical was first seen at the New York Theatre Workshop in 1994. On January 26, 1996, Rent opened in New York City off-broadway before moving to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996. Rent has been successful on Broadway, where it had critical acclaim and word-of-mouth popularity.
But the slight story, simply staged, became the little musical that could. When it closed on this day, Jan. 13, in 2002, it ended a run of 42 years and 17,162 performances, making it the worldâs longest-running musical. Nothing on Broadway even comes close to its tenure: the nearest is The Phantom of the Opera, which opened in 1988 and played its 10,000th performance in 2012.