Class of 2007 cadets learn their future Air Force jobs

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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFPN) --  Some 1,000 junior class cadets learned May 19 what their future Air Force jobs will be, a full year ahead of their graduation date.

Until recent changes to the personnel system, cadets waited until the fall semester of their senior year to learn their career assignments.

Undergraduate pilot training awaits 525 members of the Class of 2007, following their graduation next year. Another 35 have been selected to fill navigator slots. Fifty-four are slated to become developmental engineers, while 31 cadets will become Air Force scientists. Also, 31 cadets were selected to become civil engineers.

The career assignments awaiting the remainder of the Class of 2007 are: space and missile operations, 56; communications, 55; acquisition manager, 37; intelligence, 34; contracting, 31; aircraft maintenance, 16; logistics readiness, 16; personnel, 16; finance, 13; security forces, 11; air battle manager, 7; airfield operations, 7; weather, 6; munitions and missile maintenance, 4; services, 4; and cost analysis, 3.

The 37 cadets slated for acquisitions will first serve an operational tour of three years in the fields of aircraft maintenance, munitions and missile maintenance or intelligence.

Each cadet provided a list of his or her top six choices of Air Force jobs earlier this year. Cadets were then ranked based upon their academic and military standing among their peers. They were then allocated their post-graduation career fields based on this ranking, their preferences, their academic major, any physical qualification factors necessary for desired career fields and ultimately, the needs of the Air Force.

Eighty-eight percent of the cadets received one of their top three choices.