931st ARG accepting nominations for Outstanding Airmen of the Year Published Oct. 21, 2011 By 931st ARG Public Affairs 931st ARG Public Affairs MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Supervisors and raters of 931st Air Refueling Group Airmen can begin nominating Reservists for the 2012 Outstanding Airmen of the Year awards. The Air Force Personnel Center announced it was accepting nominations Oct. 20. "Supervisors who want to nominate their Airmen for awards must complete Air Force Form 1206 and provide it to the 931st Force Support Squadron," said Tech. Sgt. Cecelia Matthews, NCOIC Customer Support, 931st FSS. Supervisors can nominate Airmen in the Airman, NCO and Senior NCO categories. According to AFPC Public Affairs, nominations must include examples of leadership and job performance in the nominee's primary duty, significant self-improvement and base or community involvement from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2011. Organization and base-level personnel must contact their MAJCOM, forward operating agency, direct-reporting unit or MAJCOM equivalent for applicable suspense dates. Nominations are due to the Air Force Personnel Center by April 2, 2012. All nominees must be enlisted in the Air Force through Sept. 30, 2013. Any nominee with a projected separation date prior to Sept. 30, 2013, must take immediate action to extend or re-enlist in the Air Force. Local military personnel section officials may approve or disapprove extensions for the purpose of the 12 OAY program. AFPC will make the final approval determination for extension requests sent from the MPS for 12 OAY nominees. Any nominees who extend their enlistment for the 12 OAY award program and are not selected may cancel their extensions through their local MPS.