Application & Board Dates:
2025 ANG (14N/1A8X2/1NX AFSCs) Application Submission Window
11 Nov '24 - 13 Jan '25
2025 ANG Board
11 - 12 Feb '25
2025 Cadet Application Submission Window
13 Jan - 3 Mar '25
2025 Cadet Board
8 - 9 Apr '25
2025 Active Duty Application Submission Window
5 May - 18 Jul '25
2025 Active Duty Board
Enlisted (19-20 Aug '25)
Officers (21-22 Aug '25)
Eligibility Info:
Cadets:
USAF and USSF officer candidate seniors commissioning in the 2025 calendar year via the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFROTC) or the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) may apply.
Second Lieutenants who commissioned via AFROTC during the 2024 calendar year and who will not have entered active duty as of 8 April 2025.
Active Duty:
Components
Regular Air Force and Space Force
Ranks
SrA thru CMSgt
Spc4 thru CMSgt
All ranks
Minimum Time in Service (TIS)
4 years as of 20 August 2025
N/A
Maximum TIS or Commissioned Service
Applicants who have more than 10 years from their Total Active Federal Military Service Date (TAFMSD) as of 20 August 2025 will be considered on a case-by-case basis
Applicants who have more than 10 years commissioned service as of 19 August 2024 will be considered on a case-by-case basis
Remaining TIS
Applicants must not have a pending separation or retirement
Technical Training
Completion of 5-Skill Level and Career Field Education and Training Plan (CFETP) requirements
AFSC Exclusions
1N3 and 1A8X1 career fields
16F/16Z Foreign Area Officers
Air National Guard:
ANG Career Fields
1A8X2 and 1NX (exception, 1N3)
14N
4 years as of 10 December 2024
Applicants who have more than 16 Years of service as of 31 January 2025 will be considered on a case-by-case basis
Applicants must not have a pending separation or retirement and have at least 3 years retainability by 10 December 2024
1N3 and all career fields outside of intelligence AFSCs
All career fields outside of intelligence AFSCs
Step 1: Click here and read the Selection Guidance Letter in its entirety.
Step 2: AFROTC applicants will need to download the Cadet application located here.
To safeguard Personal Identifying Information (PII), AFROTC applicants shall provide their complete application to a detachment staff or cadre member for submission via encrypted email to AFCLC.LEAP.Selection@us.af.mil.
USAFA and AFROTC cadets with Common Access Card (CAC) credentials must submit applications through LEaDeR at https://leader.cce.af.mil.
Step 2: Applicants who meet the eligibility criteria must submit their applications through LEaDeR at https://leader.cce.af.mil.
Step 2: Applicants who meet the eligibility criteria must submit their applications through LEaDeR at https://leader.cce.af.mil. Please reference Tab 1, titled "Important Info" for application window dates.
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