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LEAP REQUIREMENTS & APPLICATION INFO

Application & Board Dates:

2024 Cadet Application Submission Window
  • 8 Jan - 4 Mar 2024
2024 Cadet Board
  • 9 - 10 Apr 2024
2024 Active Duty Application Submission Window
  • 6 May - 19 Jul 2024
2024 Active Duty Board
  • Enlisted (20-21 Aug 2024)
  • Officers (22-23 Aug 2024)

Eligibility Info:

Cadets: 
  • USAF and USSF officer candidate seniors commissioning in the 2024 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 2023 calendar year and who will not have entered active duty as of 9 April 2024.

Active Duty: 

Eligibility Factors
Enlisted
Officers

Components

Regular Air Force and Space Force

Regular Air Force and Space Force

Ranks

SrA thru CMSgt

Spc4 thru CMSgt

All ranks

Minimum Time in Service (TIS)

4 years as of 19 August 2024

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 19 August 2024 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

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

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.

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Commercial Phone: 334-953-7729

 

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If you have questions about applying to Leap please contact our AFCLC LEAP Selection Team.
If you are currently a LEAP scholar and have questions about your record contact AFCLC Language Division.
If you have questions about an upcoming LITE or eMentor contact AFCLC LEAP Admin Support.

 

 

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