Furlough Tentative Timeline Published March 8, 2013 By 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- In accordance with guidance from the Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs, the following is the tentative furlough timeline: March 21-25 - Proposed notices delivered March 28 to April 1 - Reply period ends (7 calendar days) March 29 to April 24 - Decision letters delivered April 25 - Furloughs begin (extends 11 pay periods between April and September)