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Staff Sgt. Sabrina Scruggs, 315th Training Squadron instructor, celebrates her achievement during the technical sergeant release party at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, July 1, 2021. Coworkers and family members congratulated promotion selectees before they received their certificates. (Senior Airman Abbey Rieves/Air Force)

Technical sergeant promotion rate plummets to lowest level in a decade

Sixteen percent of nearly 34,000 eligible staff sergeants were tapped for promotion to technical sergeant.

By Rachel S. Cohen

8 months ago

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jewel Favreau, assigned to the 97th Security Forces Squadron, fills out a promotion testing form on May 20, 2020 at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (Tech. Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman/Air Force)

Air Force to test enlisted airmen on good judgment in 2022

Senior airmen seeking promotion could see the new section as soon as March.

By Rachel S. Cohen

15 months ago

Air Force opens ROTC instructor jobs to all noncommissioned officers

Staff sergeants and technical sergeants can apply to teach ROTC cadets in fall 2022.

By Rachel S. Cohen

17 months ago

Enlisted airmen could soon take promotion tests online, leaders say

Nearly 90 staff sergeants' completed promotion tests recently went missing.

By Rachel S. Cohen

21 months ago

Did you make lieutenant colonel or technical sergeant?

Good news for thousands of lieutenant colonels and technical sergeants-to-be.

By Rachel S. Cohen

21 months ago

D’oh! Tech sergeant promotion tests lost in mail; AFPC extends window for affected airmen

AFPC said it doesn't think anyone planned to cheat with the missing tests, but is re-writing them to be safe.

By Stephen Losey

3 years ago

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