Submit your claim for retroactive Stop Loss pay! Published Aug. 24, 2010 By Andre Bowser WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. -- The Air Force is encouraging all Airmen, veterans and beneficiaries who were involuntarily extended under Stop Loss between Sept. 11, 2001, and Sept. 30, 2009, and are eligible for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay, to apply for the benefit. The deadline is looming for current and former Airmen who were involuntarily held on active duty beyond an approved separation or retirement date as a result of Stop Loss between the qualifying dates. Eligible members who apply in time will receive a Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay compensation of $500 for each whole or partial month they were affected, according to the Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC). "The 2009 War Supplemental Appropriation Act set aside $534.4 million for the Retroactive Stop-Loss Special Pay compensation authority. The Air Force used Stop Loss for Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001 and 2002 and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003," according to AFPC. Qualified personnel whose enlistments were involuntarily extended due to Stop Loss and who have yet to file a claim for RSLSP must do so before the last filing day of Oct. 21, 2010. For more information, links to the claim forms and instructions, visit www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/stoploss.