Eight Air Force recruits stand with U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jonathan Ellis, center, mobilization assistant to the Eighth Air Force commander, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Alan Boling, right, Eighth Air Force command chief, following a swear-in ceremony where the soon-to-be Airmen-in-training took their oath of enlistment. Friends and family gathered at the Shreveport MEPS where the ceremony took place Feb. 27, 2018.