Air Force wants 1,688 first-term airmen to retrain -- es | AirForceTimes

The Air Force wants 1,688 airmen in their first enlistment to retrain into 74 high-demand jobs in fiscal 2017 -- and multiple maintenance career fields are newly added to the list.

The Air Force announced the new First Term Airman Retraining Program quotas in a Monday release, and provided the list of eligible Air Force specialty codes Thursday at Air Force Times' request.

The list of retraining opportunities includes such crucial career fields as 1T2X1 pararescue, 1A8X1 airborne cryptologic language analyst, 1C2X1 combat control, 1U0X1 remotely piloted aircraft sensor operator and 1W0X2 special operations weather.