Applicants sought for air attaché duty

Published Nov. 23, 2009
By 319th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- The Air Force is accepting applications until Dec. 11, 2009, from captains, majors and lieutenant colonels to fill eight air attaché positions and assistant air attaché positions with in-country reporting dates ranging from August 2010 to September 2012.

Officers selected for attaché duty will attend training during the period of April 2010 to April 2011.

An operations background, foreign language skills and experience in the region are all highly desired for attaché candidates.

Eligible applicants must:
-- be released from their functional manager to compete for an assignment;
-- take or have taken the Defense Language Aptitude Battery Test; and
-- be a U.S. citizen with all immediate family members (parents, siblings, spouse and children) all U.S. citizens as well.

Officers selected for an interview will be notified by Jan. 31, 2010.

Applications are available here or through the 24-hour Air Force Total Force Service Center at (800) 525-0102.

For more information, call Lanette Hetrick at the Education and Training Center at (701) 747-3311.