Air Force · AFSC history

272X1 Title not stated in source

In August 1959, the 272X1 and 272X2 career ladders were converted into the A and B subdivisions, called “shreds,” of the 272X0 career ladder. Those shreds were deleted in March 1964.

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Documented history

Title not stated in source

The conversion is dated to August 1959 and the deletion to March 1964; no exact day is given for either.

  • The record does not explicitly identify which former career ladder became the A shred and which became the B shred.
Source extraction notes

Source gives conversion to A and B shreds of the 272X0 pattern; shorthand is not expanded.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against reference 1.

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