Officer development program applications due

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  • By Debbie Gildea
  • Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) --  Officers considering 2014 advanced academic degree and experience broadening programs have a narrow application window, which is currently open, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.
In addition, mobility pilot, intelligence, space, missile, weather, cyber operations, munitions and missile maintenance, logistics readiness, security forces, civil engineer, personnel, chaplain, scientific/research, developmental engineering, acquisition, contracting, finance and special investigations career field officers may be able to apply for one or more developmental programs.

Officers may also apply for instructor pipeline programs with the U.S. Air Force Academy and Air Force Institute of Technology, said Sophia Barnard, a member of the AFPC staff and special duty assignments branch.

"We deliberately develop Airmen by focusing on the right education, training and experience at the right time in their careers," Barnard said. "This program supports the Air Force continuum of learning and helps us foster warfighting competencies in world-class leaders."

Available programs include the Air Force Institute of Technology or Naval Postgraduate School, Education with Industry, Space Lift Education and Crossover Program, Space Acquisition Exchange Program, Acquisition and Intelligence Experience Exchange Tour, Acquisition and Logistics Experience Exchange Tour, Comptroller Operation Logistics Tour, U.S. Marine Corps Expeditionary Warfare School, Missile Operations and Missile Maintenance Exchange Program and the Information Officer Engineering Exchange.

Officers must submit a completed Air Force Form 3849, PME/AFIT/RTFB Officer Worksheet, to the appropriate agencies by suspense dates identified in the 2014 AAD/SPEED Guide, available on the myPers website.

For more information and complete application instructions, go to https://mypers.af.mil and enter "AAD/SPEED" in the search window.