The Air Force plans to hold a board on March 31 to winnow out lieutenants in the 2005 year group that are serving in overage career fields. Exempt from this force-shaping effort are officers in the civil engineer, intelligence, public affairs, and security forces career fields. An Air Force Personnel Center release states that eligible lieutenants may elect to voluntarily separate by applying by March 20. In the crosshairs initially are some 130 lieutenants.
The Pentagon has concluded a new agreement to buy laser-guidance kits that turn rockets into drone-killing weapons. BAE Systems and the Defense Department announced a framework deal of up to seven years for 25,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System guidance kits annually for the U.S. military.