AFCLC Application Info

Important Info
Cadet Application Info
Active Duty Application Info
ANG Application Info

Application & Board Dates:

2026 Cadet Application Submission Window

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12 Jan - 6 Mar '26
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2026 Cadet Board

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7 - 8 Apr '26
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2026 Active Duty and Air National Guard Application Submission Window

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4 May - 17 Jul '26
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2026 Active Duty and Air National Guard Board

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Enlisted: 18 - 19 Aug '26
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Officer: 20 - 21 Aug '26
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Eligibility Info:

Cadets:

USAF and USSF officer candidate seniors commissioning in the 2026 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 2025 calendar year and who will not have entered active duty as of 7 April 2026.

Active Duty:

Eligibility Factors	Enlisted	Officers
Components	Regular Air Force and Space Force
Ranks	SrA thru MSgt Spc4 thru MSgt	2d Lt through Major
Minimum Time in Service (TIS)	No minimum TIS required	N/A
Maximum TIS or Commissioned Service	12 years Total Active Federal Military Service as of 18 August 2026	12 years Total Active Federal Commissioned Service as of 18 August 2026
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	N/A
AFSC Exclusions	1N3 and 1A8X1 career fields	16F/16Z Foreign Area Officers

Air National Guard:

Eligibility Factors	Enlisted	Officers
ANG Career Fields	1A8X2 and 1NX (exception, 1N3)	14N
Ranks	SrA thru CMSgt Spc4 thru CMSgt	All ranks
Minimum Time in Service (TIS)	4 years as of 18 August 2026	N/A
Maximum TIS or Commissioned Service	16 Years of service as of 31 August 2026
Remaining TIS	Applicants must not have a pending separation or retirement and have at least 3 years retainability by 31 December 2025
Technical Training	Completion of 5-Skill Level and Career Field Education and Training Plan (CFETP) requirements	N/A
AFSC Exclusions	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 1: Click here and read the Selection Guidance Letter in its entirety.

Step 2: Applicants who meet the eligibility criteria must submit their applications through LEaDeR at https://leader.cce.af.mil.

Step 1: Click here and read the Selection Guidance Letter in its entirety.

Step 2: Applicants who meet the eligibility criteria must submit their applications through LEaDeR at https://leader.cce.af.mil.

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