12/14/2010 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- Air Force Institute of Technology officials are offering six NCOs the opportunity to pursue an advanced science, engineering or management degree at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
The NCOs will be selected in February to attend the Enlisted-to-AFIT program. The program is designed to provide commanders with a diverse and renewable source of highly proficient and educated career NCOs.
Airmen interested in applying for the 18- to 24-month program must be at least a technical sergeant select with a minimum of eight years time in service, 24 months time on station and three years retainability upon graduation. They must have completed the appropriate skill-level upgrade and in-residence Noncommissioned Officer's Academy, officials said.
Applicants must also possess a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university and a Community College of the Air Force degree.
Besides academic transcripts, applicants have to provide test scores from either the Graduate Record Examination or Graduate Management Admission Test, depending upon the specific AFIT degree-program requirements.
AFIT is the Air Force's graduate school of engineering and management and its institution for technical professional continuing education. Since residence degrees were first granted in 1956, more than 16,000 master's and 350 doctorate of philosophy degrees have been awarded.
Since the Enlisted-to-AFIT program began in 2002, 67 servicemembers have graduated, including 57 Air Force and 10 Marine NCOs. There are presently 18 enlisted Airmen attending AFIT.
