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"The flyer does not represent the values ... Stephen Losey covers personnel, promotions, and the Air Force Academy for Air Force Times. He can be reached at [email protected].
An airman's advanced academic degrees will now be considered as part of promotion to the ranks of major and lieutenant colonel, reversing a 2014 policy that kept that information hidden.
Air Force officials have selected 8,416 staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant out of 27,555 eligible for a selection rate of 30.54 percent. The technical sergeant promotion list will ...
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass surprised an airman with an on-the-spot promotion ceremony on Tuesday, but not before having a little harmless fun with her first. “Jenkins ...
The Air Force selected 2,053 active-duty officers for promotion to lieutenant colonel and major during recent CY23D and CY23E central selection boards. In total, the Air Force selected 58 majors ...
The Air Force offers accelerated promotion for service members who agree to enlist for six years. Under this program, enlistees who enter service as an airman basic (E-1) are promoted to airman ...
The Air Force selected 2,213 active-duty officers for promotion to lieutenant colonel and major during recent CY22E central selection boards. The Air Force selected 53 majors for promotion to ...
A promotion to brigadier general remains blocked for Air Force Col. Benjamin Jonsson due to his pro-DEI stance. (A1C Michael Killian/Air Force) The officer whose promotion continues to be the last ...
A U.S. senator said Thursday that she will continue to block the promotion of a star Air Force general for granting clemency to a convicted sex offender, a move that is likely to end the commander ...
The enlisted Air Force grew by about 16,000 airmen from 2015 to 2021 and promotion rates were also higher, the service explained. But retention levels are now “record-high” across the enlisted ...