TAs must be approved by term start date Published Jan. 22, 2015 By Laurence Brooks 14th Force Support Squadron Education and Training Chief COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- All tuition assistance requests must be approved by the supervisor of the individual via the Air Force Virtual Education Center link (NLT term start date as listed on the AF Form 1227, aka TA Document). Any TA not "supervisor approved" will be auto-deleted and a notification sent to the student. This only affects the supervisor's approval. If the base education office has the final approval, the TA will not be auto deleted (as long as it was approved by the supervisor). The student notification will let them know their request was deleted, due to supervisor not approving by start date. They will be reminded that if they remain in that class, they will be responsible for the funding. New TA requests must adhere to the normal requesting policies.