美国空军计划在3月31日成立其2008财政年度的首个军事力量发展委员会。列席的有来自八个领域的大约120名军方人员。因为这些人员参与着不同的项目，所以他们数量每天都在变化。去年年底，空军选调了从2005年开始在“超龄领域”工作的约850名官员，成立了军事力量发展委员会。除此之外，其成员还包括来自民用工程，知识分子，公共事务和保安等领域的人员。项目选择的时间截止至3月20日。总体上讲，空军希望能够在2008年裁减空一定数量的空军服役人员，并且在2009年将空军人员的总数量保持在316,000名左右。
The Air Force plans to hold its first force-shaping board for Fiscal 2008 on March 31. In the crosshairs are some 120 lieutenants in eight specialties. The number changes almost daily as officers opt to take voluntary separation programs. Late last year, the service identified about 850 officers in the 2005 year group who were serving in “overage” career fields, making them eligible to face the force-shaping board. Exempt from this force-shaping effort are officers in the civil engineer, intelligence, public affairs, and security forces career fields. The option to elect voluntary separation ends on March 20.Overall, the Air Force has said it expects to cut fewer airmen in 2008, as it moves toward an end strengthbase of 316,000 by 2009.
