Officer development program applications due Published May 3, 2012 By Debbie Gildea Air Force Personnel, Services and Manpower Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO - RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) -- Officers considering 2013 advanced academic degree and experience broadening programs have a narrow application window, with some applications due within the next few weeks, Air Force Personnel Center officials said. Public affairs and chaplain corps candidates have submitted their applications, while officers in other fields have begun applications. Mobility pilot, space and missile, intelligence, weather, cyber operations, munitions and missile maintenance, logistics readiness, security forces, civil engineering, force support, public health, scientific/research, developmental engineering, acquisition, and special investigations career field officers may be able to apply for one or more developmental programs, said Angel Espinosa, from the Academic and Special Utilization Assignments Branch. Officers may also apply for instructor pipeline programs with the U.S. Air Force Academy and Air Force Institute of Technology, or the National Reconnaissance Office space programs he added. "We deliberately develop Airmen by focusing on the right education, training and experience at the right time in their careers," said Espinosa. "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, Spacelift Education and Crossover Program, Space and Missile 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 2013 AAD/SPEED Guide, available on the Air Force personnel services website at https://gum-crm.csd.disa.mil (search for AAD/SPEED).