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Deadline announced for career programs

Officers thinking about getting an advanced academic degree or participating in an experience-broadening program in 2011 have until April 30 to apply, Air Force personnel officials announced Thursday.

Officers in space and missiles operations, intelligence, weather, logistics, program management, developmental engineering, communications and information, public affairs, personnel, and other force support career fields may qualify to apply for one or more developmental programs. In addition, officers also may apply for instructor pipeline programs with the Air Force Academy and Air Force Institute of Technology.

“We must deliberately develop our airmen by focusing efforts on the right education, training and experience at the right time in their careers to ensure we remain the world’s dominant air, space and cyberspace force,” said Col. Stanley Perrin, director of assignments at the Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. “This continuum of learning fosters warfighting competencies while ensuring we continue to produce world-class leaders.”

Programs available to officers include the Air Force Institute of Technology or Naval Postgraduate School; Education With Industry; Space Lift 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, Marine Corps Expeditionary Warfare School; Missile Operations and Missile Maintenance Exchange Program; and the Information Officer Engineering Exchange.

Applicants must submit a completed Air Force Form 3849, the PME/AFIT/RTFB/Officer Worksheet, to the Air Force Personnel Center by April 30.

Information on application submissions and complete details about each program are available by searching for “2011 SPEED” on AFPC’s Ask Web site, http://ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil/.