The Air Force in May will begin considering officers for squadron and deputy group commander positions for 2016.
In a March 16 release, the Air Force said the dDevelopment teams from various specialties will meet between May and August to consider both Line of the Air Force and non-line officers, the Air Force said in a March 16 release. The results will be released in late September.
In a speech earlier this month, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James promised to establish diversity and inclusion requirements for such development teams, which meet twice a year to identify the most talented airmen to fill critical positions.
"Development teams are big deals in the United States Air Force," James said.
James said the heads of each development team will be ordered to conduct an analysis to find barriers that prevent any airmen from reaching their highest levels of performance. After meeting this summer, those teams' chairmen will provide those lessons learned and best practices to Air Force leaders, who will then share those lessons with the rest of the Air Force.
Some officers who are interested in these leadership positions will have to submit a statement of intent, through their senior rater, to the Air Force Personnel Center's assignment teams by April 17.
Line officers also have the option of applying for recruiting, student, training or air base squadron command positions, the release said.
Officers who are currently assigned to joint duty positions are eligible as long as they are able to complete at least 24 months of a 36-month joint duty assignment tour, Joseph Marchino of the AFPC special duty assignments branch said in the release. The Air Force prefers those officers to meet that 24-month requirement by June 1, 2016, but Marchino said it must be met no later than their projected departure date.
More information is available on the myPers website, the Air Force said.
In a speech earlier this month, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James promised to establish diversity and inclusion requirements for such development teams, which meet twice a year to identify the most talented airmen to fill critical positions.
"Development teams are big deals in the United States Air Force," James said.
James said the heads of each development team will be ordered to conduct an analysis to find barriers that prevent any airmen from reaching their highest levels of performance. After meeting this summer, those teams' chairmen will provide those lessons learned and best practices to Air Force leaders, who will then share those lessons with the rest of the Air Force.
Stephen Losey is the air warfare reporter for Defense News. He previously covered leadership and personnel issues at Air Force Times, and the Pentagon, special operations and air warfare at Military.com. He has traveled to the Middle East to cover U.S. Air Force operations.
