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Originally Posted by Tcoat
You jest but in reality back in the 70s to 90s they could not fill positions. Nobody was interested. Now there are waiting lists and there is no way you could pull that off no matter what your civilian qualifications may be (except possibly Doctors and such).
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It was the same here, but mostly driven by funding. So many positions were cut and so little money was available that a lot of our fighter squadrons were at less than 30% mission capable and that's just how it was.
Promotion in the USAF is based on the projected number of unfilled positions in the next rank in that career field. If there are 100 projected spaces and 400 people who are promotion eligible, they will promote 25%. Beyond that, it's based on how you compare to the other promotion eligible-personnel in your career field. If most people in your field are intelligent then it'll be a harder competition because everyone will score highly, but they still only promote the top 25%.