Recent Developments in USAF Officer Testing and Selection

Abstract : Report covers the basics of military testing and some of the recent/future developments of testing within the Armed Forces. Summarizes which departments of the Air Force are responsible for supervising and creating tests and standards while also examining some of the more important military tests. The tests covered by this report were the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); the enlisted promotions tests which include, Specific Knowledge Test (SKT), Promotion Fitness Exam (PFE), and the USAF Supervisor Exam (USAFSE); Foreign Language Proficiency Testing (DLAB); Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT); Test of Basic Aviation Skills (TBAS) and Basic Attributes Test (BAT). Report also covers some of the experimental tests that were being developed and recent changes to the AFOQT and Pilot-Navigator composites and testing.

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