RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 

AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS 

 

IN THE MATTER OF: DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2011-02866 

COUNSEL: NONE 

 HEARING DESIRED: NO 

 

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APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT: 

 

His original Active Duty Service Commitment (ADSC) date of 
14 February 2012 be reinstated. 

 

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APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT: 

 

He was given an assignment to serve as a T-6 Instructor Pilot at 
Sheppard Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, in April 2010. Upon 
receiving this assignment he was given an Air Force Personnel 
Center brief through the Osan Air Base Force Support Squadron 
(FSS) and Military Personnel Flight (MPF) outbound assignments 
division. The brief referenced no other service commitments for 
advance flying training would be added to a member that extended 
beyond the ten-year Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) 
commitment. He accepted the assignment based on this 
information. He reported to Sheppard AFB in June 2010 and 
completed T-6 Pilot Instructor training in October 2010. Twelve 
months prior to his reported date of separation; he confirmed 
through the 82nd Fighter Wing FSS and the Sheppard AFB Chief of 
Personnel that his ADSC would expire in February 2012. Upon 
confirmation of this date, he positioned himself to separate from 
active duty. He spent several thousand dollars and countless 
hours on training and certifications to be competitive in the 
civilian work force. Additionally, he applied to the 97th 
Reserve Squadron with an availability date of no later than 
February 2012. On 3 May 2011, he received an automatic ADSC 
email update reflecting a new ADSC of October 2014. This ADSC 
was forwarded to the Sheppard AFB’s Chief of Personnel 
Relocations Office who, in turn, advised him it was in error in 
accordance with AFI 36-2107, Note 1b, and to continue pursuing a 
separation in February 2012. On 10 June 2011, he was the 76th 
person hired by FedEx from a pool of 13,500 applicants. On 
30 June, he was hired by the 97th Reserve Squadron at Sheppard 
AFB. The same day, he received notification from AFPC that his 
ADSC would remain October 2014. On 6 July, he received a third 
automated ADSC to November 2013. He was an Intermediate 
Developmental Education (IDE) select major that made negative 
active duty career progression decisions based on the most 
competent data Osan AB and Sheppard AFB had to offer. He made 
the decision not to pursue IDE, to request Voluntary Separation 


Pay (VSP), and to not be retained in the Fiscal Year 2011 
Reduction in Force (RIF). 

 

His family is now experiencing significant hardship and a 
capsizing of both his active duty Air Force career and civilian 
airline career due to the Osan AB and Sheppard MPF’s 
interpretations of AFI 36-2107. In this era of achieving 
congressionally mandated end strengths, it would a benefit to the 
Air Force to allow him to separate from active duty on his 
original ADSC date to the 97th Reserve Squadron. This will allow 
him to fulfill his obligations to the Air Force and his civilian 
employers. 

 

In support of his appeal, the applicant submits copies of ADSC 
briefing slides, electronic communications, personnel data SURFs, 
and Establishment/Change of Officer ADSC Date Data. 

 

The applicant’s complete submission, with attachments, is at 
Exhibit A. 

 

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STATEMENT OF FACTS: 

 

The applicant is currently serving in the Regular Air Force in 
the grade of major (O-4). He is an F-15E Fighter Pilot with 
prior experience in T-37 and T-38 aircrafts. He attended T-6 
Pilot Instructor training in July 2010 and graduated in November 
2010. 

 

The remaining relevant facts, extracted from the applicant’s 
military service records are contained in the advisory opinion 
from the Air Force office of primary responsibility at Exhibit C. 

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AIR FORCE EVALUATION: 

 

AFPC/DPSIP recommends denial. DPSIP states the applicant 
received training into a different aircraft airframe from the one 
he possesses, the T-6 Trainer. The applicant cites Air Force 
Instruction (AFI) 36-2107, Active Duty Service Commitments, dated 
22 April 2005, Table 1.1, Rule 16, Note 1b indicating he would 
not incur an ADSC for advanced flying training which extends 
beyond ten years of continuous or cumulative rated service. 
However, according to the Incorporated Change-1 (IC-1), dated 
25 November 2009, Note 1c, for rated officers who retrain into 
another career field, aircraft airframe, and/or major weapons 
system, they will incur the three-year ADSC even if it extends 
beyond the officer’s tenth year of rated service. 

 

The complete DPSIP evaluation is at Exhibit C. 

 

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APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION: 

 

On 26 August 2011, a copy of the Air Force evaluation was 
forwarded to the applicant for review and comment within 30 days 
(Exhibit D). As of this date, this office has received no 
response. 

 

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THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT: 

 

1. The applicant has exhausted all remedies provided by existing 
law or regulations. 

 

2. The application was timely filed. 

 

3. Sufficient relevant evidence has been presented to 
demonstrate the existence of probable injustice. After reviewing 
the applicant’s submission, a majority of the Board believes the 
applicant was miscounseled by Military Personnel Flight personnel 
that he would not incur any other service commitments for 
attending Advance Flying Training that extended beyond his ten-
year UPT commitment. In this regard, we note the applicant 
requested voluntary separation and made arrangements for civilian 
employment and a Reserve assignment based on this erroneous 
information. Therefore, in an effort to offset any possibility 
of an injustice, the Board majority recommends the applicant’s 
record be corrected as indicated below. 

 

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RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD: 

 

The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air Force 
relating to APPLICANT be corrected to show that his three-year 
Active Duty Service Commitment (ADSC) he incurred for cross-
flowing into another aircraft airframe/weapons system be declared 
void. 

 

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The following members of the Board considered AFBCMR Docket 
Number BC-2011-02866 in Executive Session on 15 March 2012, under 
the provisions of AFI 36-2603: 

 

 , Panel Chair 

 , Member 

 , Member 

 


By a majority vote, the Board recommended to grant the 
application. XXX voted to deny the applicant’s request 
but chose not to submit a minority report. The following 
documentary evidence for AFBCMR Docket Number BC-2011-02866 was 
considered: 

 

 Exhibit A. DD Form 149, dated 1 Aug 11, w/atchs. 

 Exhibit B. Applicant's Master Personnel Records. 

 Exhibit C. Letter, AFPC/DPSIP, dated 18 Aug 11. 

 Exhibit D. Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 26 Aug 11. 

 

 

 

 

 

 Panel Chair