From: bergman@AFPAN.PA.AF.MIL (CMSgt Mike Bergman)
Newsgroups: soc.veterans
Subject: AF News Svc 09/08/92
Date: 9 Sep 92 01:21:16 GMT
Organization: Hq Air Force News Agency/SCC


697.  T-38 accident
698.  EPR requirement
699.  Overseas requirement
700.  Colonel selections
701.  Lieutenant colonel selections
702.  Major selections
703.  B-2 bomb tests
704.  Reforger 92
705.  Georgia Guard openings
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697.  T-38 accident
     DYESS AFB, Texas (AFNS) -- An Air Force T-38 instructor pilot was killed
during a training flight Sept. 3 when a bird crashed through the windshield of
his aircraft.
     1st Lt. David A. Wyatt, 90th Flying Training Wing, Sheppard AFB, Texas,
died from massive head injuries and possibly a broken neck, Sheppard officials
said.
     1st Lt. Richard S. Groggel, also an instructor pilot from the 90th FTW,
was in the rear seat of the T-38 and was not injured.  He safely landed the
aircraft at Dyess.
     The Air Force is investigating.


698.  EPR requirement
     WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- All master sergeants eligible for promotion in the
94S8 promotion cycle must have an enlisted performance report closing out by
Sept. 30, Air Force personnel officials said.
     The report must be filed in their master personnel record group at the
Air Force Military Personnel Center by Feb. 1 or they may be considered
ineligible for the 94S8 cycle.
     Supervisors should identify those master sergeants eligible for promotion
and who do not currently have an EPR on file, or projected, closing out
between Oct. 1, 1991, and Sept. 30.
     If eligible master sergeants do not have an EPR for that time-frame,
supervisors should initiate a "directed by headquarters Air Force" report
closing out Sept. 30, provided the master sergeants have a minimum of 60 days'
supervision.
     If they do not have the required 60-day minimum supervision, their report
will be projected for the date when they will have the minimum.
     People in patient or student status are exempt from this requirement;
however, those individuals will remain ineligible for promotion until their
next EPR is written.


699.  Overseas requirement
     RANDOLPH AFB, Texas (AFNS) --  An updated list of overseas enlisted
requirements for April through June 1993 has been released by the Air Force
Military Personnel Center.
     The list shows requirements for airman basics through senior master
sergeants for which AFMPC doesn't have enough volunteers.
     The list contains Air Force specialty codes, grades and reporting dates
as well as long-tour and short-tour locations.
     Local personnel offices use the list to counsel individuals regarding
their vulnerability for involuntary overseas duty.
     Personnel officials say their intent is to encourage volunteers,
minimizing the need to send non-volunteers overseas.
     AFMPC makes the list as accurate as possible, but says the requirements
can change because of promotions, overseas tour extensions, manpower changes,
and other reasons.
     In addition, people are continually changing their volunteer status.  A
new list is published periodically, officials said.
     The vulnerability list is not part of enlisted quarterly assignments
listings, which are released every quarter just before assignment matches are
made.  The EQUAL list allows people to update their assignment preference
sheet to more realistically reflect what's available.
     Local personnel offices have more information.


700.  Colonel selections
     RANDOLPH AFB, Texas (AFNS) -- The calendar year 1992 central colonel
board selected 676 lieutenant colonels for promotion to colonel.
     The selection board met at the Air Force Military Personnel Center July 6
to consider 5,913 officers.
     Selection statistics in-the-promotion zone:
     -- 535 line officers selected from 1,279 considered for a 41.8 percent
select rate.
     -- 10 chaplains selected from 22 considered for a 45.5 percent select
rate.
     -- Nine medical service corps officers selected from 15 considered for a
60 percent select rate.
     -- 14 biomedical science corps officers selected from 32 considered for a
43.8 percent select rate.
     Selection statistics above-the-promotion zone:
     -- 10 line officers selected from 1,061 considered for a 0.9 percent
select rate.
     -- No chaplains selected from the 24 considered.
     -- No medical service corps officers selected from the 17 considered.
     -- Two biomedical science corps officers selected from 42 considered for
a 4.8 percent select rate.
     Selection statistics below-the-promotion zone:
     -- 95 line officers selected from 3,227 considered for a 2.9 percent
select rate.
     -- One chaplain selected from 58 considered for a 1.7 percent select
rate.
     -- No medical service corps officers selected from 52 considered.
     -- No biomedical science corps officers selected from 84 considered.


701.  Lieutenant colonel selections
     RANDOLPH AFB, Texas (AFMPC) -- The Air Force has selected nurse corps and
biomedical science corps officers for promotion to lieutenant colonel.
     A selection board met at the Air Force Military Personnel Center July 6
to consider 1,046 officers.
     Selection statistics for nurse corps:
     -- 94 selected in-the-promotion zone from 171 considered for a 54.97
percent select rate.
     -- 17 selected above-the-promotion zone from 177 considered for a 9.6
percent select rate.
     -- One selected from 337 considered below-the-promotion zone for a 0.29
percent select rate.
     Selection statistics for biomedical science corps:
     -- 37 selected in-the-promotion zone from 81 considered for a 45.67
percent select rate.
     -- 16 selected above-the-promotion zone from 112 considered for a 14.28
percent select rate.
     -- None selected below-the-promotion zone from 168 considered.


702.  Major selections
     RANDOLPH AFB, Texas (AFNS) -- The Air Force has selected several judge
advocate, medical service corps and biomedical science corps officers for
promotion to major.
     A selection board met the Air Force Military Personnel Center July 6 to
consider 769 officers.
     Selection statistics in-the-promotion zone:
     -- 47 judge advocate officers selected from 55 considered for an 85.45
percent select rate.
     -- 58 medical service corps officers selected from 68 considered for an
85.29 percent select rate.
     -- 70 biomedical science corps officers selected from 100 considered for
a 70 percent select rate.
     Selection statistics above-the-promotion zone:
     -- Three judge advocate officers selected from seven considered for a
42.85 percent select rate.
     -- Three medical service corps officers selected from 11 considered for a
27.27 percent select rate.
     -- 10 biomedical science corps officers selected from 25 considered for a
40 percent select rate.
     Selection statistics below-the-promotion zone:
     -- No judge advocates selected from the 144 considered.
     -- One medical service corps officer selected from the 119 considered for
a 0.84 percent select rate.
     -- No biomedical science corps officers selected from the 240 considered.


703.  B-2 bomb tests
     EDWARDS AFB, Calif. (AFNS)   The B-2 stealth bomber successfully dropped
its first bomb during a flight test Sept. 3.
     This was the first of a series of B-2 weapons separation tests intended
to demonstrate safe and satisfactory release of the various bombs the aircraft
will use when it becomes operational, Air Force officials said.
     Current B-2 weapon separation tests build on previous armament-related
tests designed to progressively mature the aircraft's weapons capability.
These tests include such things as ground compatibility testing, ground
separations and in-flight compatibility testings.


704.  Reforger 92
     WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Reforger '92, an international military exercise
involving NATO forces, will be conducted Sept. 17 through Nov. 15, the
Pentagon said Sept. 3.
     Roughly 6,500 American servicemen and women will deploy by sea and air
into Belgium, Luxemburg and Germany to demonstrate the U.S. ability to meet
NATO commitments.
     In addition to American participation, about 20,000 allied soldiers will
participate in the exercise.
     Tanks and similar heavy vehicles will not be used, nor will tactical air
missions be flown.


705.  Georgia Guard openings
     SAVANNAH, Ga. (AFNS) -- The 117th Air Control Squadron of the Georgia Air
National Guard has part-time openings in the Savannah area.
     Vacancies exist in Air Force specialties 304X4, 305X4, 454X1 and 472X2.
There are openings in other specialties as well, unit officials said.
     More information is available from the unit at DSN 860-8112 or 8113, or
commercial, collect, (912) 355-5372 or 5510.

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