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Colonel AYLES. We don't have the resources to fill those. If you recall, in the 24-year area, we have only 42 Reserve officers on active duty.

Mr. BLANDFORD. You don't intend to go out and augment from civilian life.

Colonel AYLES. We could, but we are precluded from filling those vacancies from civilian life, because we could not give them enough constructive service and so we don't intend to do that.

Mr. BLANDFORD. So you will have new vacancies out there.

Colonel AYLES. This structure is merely going to grow out and fill those vacancies in time.

Mr. BLANDFORD. And it is not going to bother your balanced strength concept at all. Colonel AYLES. No, sir. program in which we will 5-year period 1958-63.

Now, we go into the second phase of our appoint 2,500 officers each year for the

The next chart will show you how these officers will then be distributed. The officers that were on board in January 1958, in the adjusted hump, have merely moved forward 5 years.

All of our augmentation has been in this crosshatched area. This total area, including the crosshatched, represents 55,540 Regular officers by July 1953.

This represents our 40-percent manning goal. Now, to project these officers, the same number of officers to 1970, the chart appearing on p. 7759 will show you how they would then be distributed and how the Air Force would desire to have its Regular officer structure built.

This total area represents 55,540 Regular officers. The adjusted officers in the hump would now fill up the structure forward. During the 7-year period between 1963 and 1970, all of the augmentation would be in this crosshatched area.

This is the way the Air Force desires to build its Regular officer structure in that it gives us procurement flexibility. It does not require us to procure approximately 3,000 officers, annually and thus preclude the appointment of Reserve officers on active duty beyond that point.

It does give us a 12- or 13-year period in which to select a Reserve officer for appointment, and likewise gives a Reserve officer 13 years in which to obtain a Regular officer status, as opposed to 5 years under the Officer Personnel Act today.

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He is prevented beyond the 5-year period from obtaining a Regular officer status. The next chart shows where our procurement will be and in which areas, after 1970. Our initial procurement will be approximately 1,000 officers with zero years service and they will come from the Air Force Academy, the distinguished military graduate program, the ROTC program, the aviation cadet and officer candidate school program.

Between the first year group and the seventh year group, we will appoint annually approximately 200 to 250 officers in each of those year groups.

Between the 7th year group and the 12th or 13th year group, and in each year group, we will appoint annually approximately 100 to 125 officers.

This will allow us to select highly qualified people. Depending upon our mission at that time, and our weapons systems, we can procure our Regular officers, accordingly.

That concludes our presentation at this time.

Mr. KILDAY. Thank you, Colonel Ayles. Are there any more questions?

Do you have any questions, Mr. Blandford?

Mr. BLANDFORD. I would like to summarize, if I may, briefly, for the record.

You do not intend to give more than 2 years of constructive credit to anyone?

General STONE. That is correct.

Mr. BLANDFORD. That will include civilians. If you bring a civilian in, he will have to be under the age of 25 years, because he will have to complete 30 years of active Federal commissioned service. Colonel AYLES. No, sir; if we bring civilians in, it depends upon when they got out of college and finished their postgraduate work. We would give them constructive credit based on the years of professional experience they possess. For example, if an individual finished postgraduate work at the age of 30 and went to work for GE, and he came to the Air Force at 35 years of age, we would give him 5 years' constructive credit, if he has a special skill that we can not obtain from our active duty resources.

We do not expect to take on many civilians. In fact, it would be an insignificant number.

Mr. BLANDFORD. In other words, you would not object if the bill were to limit to a specific number of, say, 100 persons those who could be given constructive credit in excess of 2 years.

Colonel AYLES. No, sir, not at all.

Mr. BLANDFORD. And therefore, what you plan to do is give basically speaking no constructive credit to any integrated reservist. What you plan to do is take into consideration the lineal position of the people who are already serving as Regular officers in the Air Force.

Colonel AYLES. With the 1 exception of the 2,000 that will come into the hump area. They will have the opportunity of getting 2, 1, or no years of constructive service. I explained that in the chart, if you will recall.

An individual who applies for appointment in the 16th year area and is selected for appointment in that area will then be positioned into the lineal list.

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