April 9, 2012 Early retirement possible for some enlisted Airmen Staff sergeants, technical sergeants and master sergeants in 19 overmanned career fields may be eligible for early retirement in fiscal year 2012 under the Temporary Early Retirement Authority, Air Force officials announced.The application window for TERA, commonly referred to as the 15-year
April 5, 2012 DARPA looking for 8 motivated Airmen The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency needs eight motivated officers for the fiscal year 2013 Service Chiefs Program, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.Application packages for the three-month program, which begins in September, are due to the AFPC officer developmental
April 3, 2012 Ecuadorian Air Force knights AFMA civilian An Air Force Manpower Agency civilian at Team Pete has a new title to add to his signature block: Knight.On March 23, in Quito, Ecuador, the Ecuadorian Ministry of Defense awarded Mark Backlin, 4th Manpower Requirements Squadron manpower engineer, the "Atahualpa Merit" decoration in the category of
March 28, 2012 AF selects 2,450 for colonel, lieutenant colonel, major More than 2,450 officers were selected for promotion to colonel, lieutenant colonel and major during the 2011C Colonel Medical Service Corps and Lieutenant Colonel Nurse Corps and the 2011D Major Line of the Air Force central selection boards, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced today.To
March 27, 2012 AF announces 2012 aviator continuation pay program Air Force officials released the details of the fiscal year 2012 Aviator Continuation Pay program this week, with continuing focus on retaining highly-qualified manned and remotely piloted aircraft rated crew members. The ACP program gives some pilots and combat systems officers the opportunity for
March 20, 2012 AF extends Retroactive Stop Loss application window Airmen eligible for the Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay Program who did not apply before the fall deadline will have another opportunity to do so, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.The Retroactive Stop Loss program benefits retired and former Air Force members who were involuntarily held
Feb. 27, 2012 Health professions officers to be considered for command Medical career field development teams are slated to meet in May and June to consider eligible officers for medical squadron command, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced this week. Officers selected will fill command vacancies between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2013.Eligible officers include
Feb. 17, 2012 DOD seeks leadership program candidates Department of Defense officials are seeking active duty Air Force majors and major-selects to apply for the academic year 2012-2013 Executive Leadership Development Program, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.Although civilians are also eligible for the program, the call for nominations
Feb. 17, 2012 AF identifies career fields eligible for crossflow Support officers in some overmanned career fields may be eligible to volunteer for retraining into an undermanned career field in support of the Air Force 2012 nonrated line officer crossflow program. Applications will be accepted Feb. 17 through March16. Crossflow is one of various initiatives
Jan. 25, 2012 Air Force announces selections to colonel and major The 2011B Colonel Line of Air Force and Nurses Corps Central Selection Boards selected 539 lieutenant colonels and 112 captains for promotion.The entire list for each category can be found at the below locations. CY11B Major -- http://www.afpc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-120124-044.pdf