â Only ticks that are attached and have finished feeding or are near the end of their meal can transmit Lyme disease. After arriving on the skin, the tick that spreads Lyme disease usually takes 24 hours before feeding begins. â Even if a tick is attached, it must have taken a blood meal to transmit Lyme disease.
All this in a period when the Air Force is the smallest and oldest since its inception in 1947. Of its roughly 5,000 aircraft, the average age is twenty-five years old. Todayâs Air Force is already struggling, and tomorrowâs is entirely at risk.
This graph shows the total military personnel of the U.S. Air Force for fiscal years 2015 and estimated personnel for FY 2016 & 2017, by rank. In fiscal year 2017, there will be 12 Generals serving the Air Force. In 2014, there was just over 21,900 captains in the U.S. Air Force and eleven generals.