Additional career enlisted aviator positions open for retraining

Published Feb. 18, 2009

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- The Air Force recently added 20 openings for first term Airmen to retrain into the Airborne Mission Systems (1A3XX) and Airborne Operations (1A4XX) specialties.

First-term Airmen interested in retraining into the flight engineer specialty will also find more than 30 positions available in the retraining advisory. Second-term Airmen will also find openings in the in flight refueling, flight engineer, airborne mission systems, and airborne operations specialties.

"I am delighted that we have these additional opportunities. As career assistance advisors reach unprecedented numbers of interested Airmen, we have additional opportunities for Airmen to excel," said Master Sgt. Bill Bergin, the Pentagon's Career Enlisted Aviator In-Service recruiter.

To view a current list of retraining opportunities, log in to the Ask Web site, click on vMPF Self-Service Applications and navigate to the "request retraining" link.

Descriptions of each of the enlisted aviation career fields and a retraining tutorial are also located on the Career Enlisted Aviator Recruiting and Retention Community of Practice.

For more information, interested Airmen may contact their career assistance advisor or call the AFPC Contact Center at 800-616-3775. Customers should call 800-525-0102 after 5 p.m. Central Standard Time on Feb. 22.