Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An airman poses for a photograph holding a technical sergeant stripe at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., March 1, 2024. (Mark ...

Fewer than 5,400 airmen will become technical sergeants this summer following the stiffest competition for promotions to that rank in nearly 30 years. Nearly 37,000 staff sergeants were eligible for ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) -- The Air Force has selected 7,501 staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant of the 33,569 eligible. The overall selection rate was 22.35 ...