March 12, 2015: AF announces 23 AFSCs on reenlistment bonus list

Release No: 029

March 12, 2015

 

AF announces 23 AFSCs on reenlistment bonus list

 

Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs

 

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – Enlisted Airmen in 23 Air Force specialty codes may be eligible to receive a selective reenlistment bonus effective March 12, Air Force officials announced today.

 

The Air Force is moving forward with a higher end-strength, so AFSCs eligible for the SRB program will increase to address retention of experienced Airmen in some key mission areas such as maintenance, signals intelligence and mental health.

 

“All of these career fields are challenged to retain experienced mid-level Airmen,” said Col. Arch Bruns, Director, AFPC Personnel Services. “The FY15 SRB program will offer bonus incentives to Airmen in critical and emerging career fields with high operations demands and low manning that still require attention, such as battlefield Airmen, cyberspace specialties and specific maintenance career fields. These incentives will also help the Air Force retain key maintenance experience while we work F-35 maintenance manning options.”

 

The identified career fields have been at or below required sustainment levels for some time, so they were exempt from all FY14 voluntary and most involuntary force management programs (except the Quality Force Review Board).

 

“SRBs are judiciously and effectively targeted to provide the most return-on-investment in both dollars and capability,” the colonel said. “This allows the AF to retain Airmen who are critical to current and emerging mission requirements.”

 

The Air Force will continue to offer SRBs to the 10 critical career fields from the FY14 program and has added an additional 13 AFSCs to the FY15 program.

 

As follows is the complete FY15 SRB list; 13 added AFSCs asterisked:

 

1A8X1           Airborne Cryptologic Language Analyst               

1A8X2           Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operator        

1B4X1           Cyberspace Defense Operations

1C2X1           Combat Control

1C4X1           Tactical Air Control Party

*1N2X1A      Signals Intel Analyst - Electronic

1N4X1A        Fusion Analyst, Digital Network Analyst

1T0X1           Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape

1T2X1           Pararescue

1W0X2          Special Operations Weather

*2A3X3         Tactical Aircraft Maintenance

*2A3X4         Fighter Aircraft Integrated Avionics

*2A375          Advanced Fighter Aircraft Integrated Avionics

*2A3X5A      Advanced Fighter Aircraft Integrated Avionics (F-22)

*2A375B       Advanced Fighter Aircraft Integrated Avionics (F-35)

*2A3X7         Tactical Aircraft Maintenance (5th Generation)

*2A5X2D      Helicopter/Tilt Rotor Aircraft Maintenance (CV-22)

*2A574          Refuel/Bomber Aircraft Maintenance Craftsman

*2A5X4D      Refuel/Bomber Aircraft Maintenance Craftsman (B-52)

*2A5X4F      Refuel/Bomber Aircraft Maintenance Craftsman (B-2)

*2M0X3        Missile and Space Facilities

3E8X1           Explosive Ordnance Disposal

*4C0X1         Mental Health Service

 

As with the previous SRB release, and based on changes in Department of Defense policy, Airmen are no longer able to request accelerated SRB payments.

 

For more information about SRBs and other personnel issues go to myPers at https://mypers.af.mil. Individuals who do not have a myPers account can find instructions to create an account at www.retirees.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-120510-068.pdf.

 

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