title: Selection of Air Force officers--profiles, criteria, testing.
abstract: The article presents an explanation of the selection process for German Air Force (GAF) officers in general, and those for flying duty in particular. The text includes an overview of the entire selection and training process, the desired profiles and characteristics of GAF officers, criteria for evaluating current officers, and statistics which show the results of this process.
authors.affiliation: German Air Force Academy, Fürstenfeldbruck, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Jarosch
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000193:education*; D009042:Motivation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010551:Personality; D010560:Personnel Selection