Most of those 23,000 non-deployable airmen are considered to have a temporary limitation, such as those who are pregnant or who have recently given birth.
The Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Maj. Gen. Brian Kelly to receive his third star and become the Air Force’s next deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services.
The Air Force hopes to finish and roll out its massive overhaul of the officer performance evaluation and promotion system by fiscal 2020, the service’s top personnel officer said.