The Air Force has selected 8,167 staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant out of 25,552 eligible, for a selection rate of 31.96 percent in the 17E6 promotion cycle. Within the promotion ...

The Air Force is extending the high year ... years for staff sergeants and from 20 to 22 years for technical sergeants. Airmen in these ranks who reach their HYT prior to Feb. 1, 2019, or those ...

Considered the second tier of the Air Force, NCO ranks a Technical Sergeant (E-6), who, in addition to being a survivor, must ...