Air Force Changing Deployment Rates

Beginning in January 2009, the Air Force is switching from the old AEF rotations, to a program called "Tempo Bands." Each Air Force job will be assigned to a specific tempo band, ranging from Band A to Band E, which will tell the Airman how often, and how long he/she can expect to deploy. The band decisions are made by matching predicted deployment demands for Air Force specialties against the number of airmen available to deploy in that specialty.