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Show Hilttop November 26. 1997 Mir Force "an no unices fiscaD 1.998 reduction program s WASHINGTON To meet fiscal 1998 requirements, the Air Force is offering voluntary loss programs to about 1,650 officers. This is beyond normal losses already predicted end-streng- Officers eligible for the early retirement program may submit their applications to the Air Force Per- (AFNS) th sonnel Center through their military personnel flights Tuesday or later. Applications will be processed for the force. The offer applies to officers who want to separate or retire early in fiscal 1998. As with the last two fiscal years, the only financial incentive program is early retirement. The voluntary separation incentive and special separation benefit will not be offered. Also as in fiscal 1997, the Air Force projects it can meet enlisted end strength without offering special loss programs to that segment of the force. h This drawdown plan is based on reductions in the president's fiscal 1998 budget and is without regard to any changes in end strength because of the Quadrennial Defense on a first-com- first-serve- e, 1 basis. d ,650 off icers Officers who want to apply for early retirement must meet these criteria: Review. Must complete at least 15 years of total active federal military service by their requested retirement date; Have confirmed public and community service registration by their retirement date; this is done through family support centers; eight years of total active federal commissioned service. Those eligible for both early retirement and waiver programs include line officers, lieutenant colonel and below, except pilots, navigators and air battle managers. Have at least time-in-grad- Once-deferre- d pilots, navigators and air battle man- agers may apply for an active waiver in conjunction with application for Palace Chase. They must have their major command director of personnel's endorsement. basis. Applications will be considered on a Field-gradparticipation in certain critically manned skills, such as public affairs, intelligence, air traffic control, manpower and special investigations, will also be considered case by case and will be limited. All judge advocate lieutenant colonels and below are eligible for the waiver programs. Judge advocate deferred lieutenant colonels and deferred majors are eligible for the early retirement program. case-by-ca- se end-strengt- force-reductio- d e need to separate or retire n tarTo meet its fiscal 1998 Air Force needs about 1,650 officers gets, the to separate or retire, a larger target than the 1,050 officers needed in fiscal 1997. Officials expect 1,000 officers to take early retirement. The rest of the losses would be achieved mostly through active waivers and limcommissioned-service-time e of and ited use waivers. If the Air Force needs to make more reductions, planners will assess the entire gamut of drawdown tools to decide on the right action to take. pilots, navigators and air battle managers may apply for early retirement or separation. Twice-deferre- Other eligibles include chaplain corps lieutenant colonels, majors and captains, with the exception of Catholic chaplains, and biomedical sciences corps officers in certain skills. Colonels in nonshortage skills are eligible for time-in-gra- and normal waivers. Officers specifically ineligible for early retirement are those promoted below the zone to their current grade, unless they have subsequently been deferred. This is a change from previous years' policies that excluded officers who had been promoted below the zone to any grade, not just their current one. There are other minor exclusions. 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