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Air Force announces captain selections

  • Published Jan. 10, 2007
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNEWS) --   Air Force officials selected 4,003 first lieutenants for promotion from 4,040 officers considered in the 2006C captain selection process.

The list of future captains is posted on the Air Force Personnel Center's officer promotions home page.

Selection statistics for in-the-promotion-zone lieutenants are:
-- Line of the Air Force -- 3,864 selected from 3,890 considered for a 99.3 percent select rate.
-- Chaplain -- six selected from six considered.
-- LAF-judge advocate -- 12 selected from 13 considered for a 92.3-percent select rate.
-- Nurse corps -- 82 selected from 83 considered for a 98.8 percent select rate.
-- Medical service corps -- 15 selected from 15 considered.
-- Biomedical sciences corps -- 23 selected from 23 considered.

Selection statistics for above-the-promotion-zone lieutenants included one selection from 10 considered for a 10 percent select rate for line of the AIr Force. None considered in the chaplain, judge advocate, nurse, medical service or biomedical sciences corps.

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