Projecting Air Force Rated Officer Inventory Across the Total Force: Total Force Blue Line Model for Rated Officer Management

The Air Force has always had to manage the rated officers in the regular Air Force, but it has not had to manage the flows into its two reserve components quite as diligently. Recent changes have made it more challenging to manage rated officers across their entire careers. In this report, the authors document efforts to develop a long-term career field planning model for all rated officers across the Total Force — the Total Force Blue Line model.