The new special duty pay rates went into effect Oct. 1. The Air Force scrapped initial plans, outlined in a draft chart published on an internal Defense Department website in May, to reduce the rates for military training instructors, recruiters and airmen with a joint communications unit.
Special duty | New rate | Old rate | +/- |
MTI (non-support) | $450 | $450 | same |
MTI (support) | $375 | $375 | same |
MTI (assigned to Officer Training School) | $300 | $300 | same |
Strategic Debriefer | $300 | $225 <6 mos $300 6-12 mos $375 12+ mos | +$75 same -$75 |
Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) specialist (cert. instructors only-any location) | $150 | $300 (certified) $150 (noncertified) $75 (some locations) | -$150 -$150 +$75 |
Academy Military Training NCO and MTI assigned to Air Force Acad. | $225 | $225 | same |
Military Training Leader | $75 | ADDED | NEW |
AFSOC Special Missions Unit | $225<6 mos $300 6-12 mos $375 12+ mos | ADDED | NEW |
AFSOC Special Missions Unit (0960330 & 0960328) | $75 <6 mos $150 6-12 mos $225 12+ mos | ADDED | NEW |
Joint Communications Unit Fort Bragg (3DXXX) | $150 <6 mos $225 6-12 mos $300 12+ mos | $150 $225 $300 | same same same |
Special duty | New rate | Old rate | +/- |
Courier | DELETED | $75 | -$75 |
Recruiter (squadron level) | $450 | $450 | same |
Recruiter (group/squadron training NCO or MEPS liaison) | $375 | $375 | same |
Recruiter (operations NCO, ops supervisor, marketing NCO, schoolhouse instructors) | $300 | $300 | same |
Enlisted Weapons Directors | $150 | $225 | -$75 |
Enlisted Weapons Directors (newly graduated) | $75 | $150 | -$75 |
Guardian Angel Operational Test Program (meets requirements) | $300 | ADDED | NEW |
Guardian Angel Operational Test Program (assigned to program) | $150 | ADDED | NEW |
Fuels Specialist | $150 | $225 | -$75 |
Test Parachute Program (6 months or more, phase 3 trained) | $300 | $375 | -$75 |
Defense Attaché | $150 | $225 | -$75 |
Air Traffic Controller | $225 | $150 up to 12 mos. $225 12+ mos | +$75 same |
First Sergeant (at the First Sergeant Academy) | $75 | ADDED | NEW |
Airfield manager and deputy | DELETED | $75 deputy $150 manager | -$75 -$150 |
