Not sure about the scores, but that is still the way of the Air Force, you have to take tests to advance in any field. I have a brother-in-law still in the Air Force. :-)

>When I was in the Air Force you had to take tests to qualify you for different areas of assignment. If you received 40 percentile average on all your written tests you were qualified to be a Cook, Air Policeman, Supply Clerk, or work in the Motor Pool.
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>95 percentile qualified you for electronics schools – radar – computers, etc. If you had a 90 percentile in any one of your test scores you would be qualified for an administrative job such as company clerk, even though all the rest of your scores were 95 percentile. I think that the test was called AFQE, and measured several areas of knowledge and ability to solve problems.
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>Times change and I have no idea how a recruit is treated when it comes to career fields in the military in this day and age.
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