The Air Force plans to roll out online promotion testing for mid-level enlisted airmen starting in January 2024, the Air Force’s personnel chief said Friday. “We are finally, after years and years and ...

Fewer than 1,000 Air Force majors were tapped to pin on the rank of lieutenant colonel last month, marking the most competitive round of on-time promotions to O-5 since the service overhauled its ...

Promotion tests for about 35,000 Air Force staff sergeants have been delayed by just over two weeks due to an evaluation of testing materials and to remove “DEI-related content” from study handbooks.

U.S. Air Force members fill out their Weighted Airman Promotion System testing sheets with COVID-19 safety measures in place, May 20, 2020 at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (Tech. Sgt. Kenneth W.

Advanced college degrees may again boost mid-level Air Force officer promotions, following the reversal of a policy adopted eight years ago. The service announced Friday that it will no longer exclude ...

First, there are rumors, then comes the announcement: “Relieved of command due to a loss of confidence.” So, it went for several Air Force officers, who were removed from command in 2023. Military ...

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 to ...

In the weeks following George Floyd’s death in 2020, a U.S. Air Force officer—currently awaiting promotion to brigadier general—accused his fellow “white colonels” of being the “biggest barriers” to ...

Rob Bluey is president and executive editor of The Daily Signal. Send an email to Rob. When the U.S. Senate unanimously approved 425 military promotions earlier this month, one person was missing from ...

Maj. John Farmer, 22nd Security Forces Squadron commander, promotes to the rank of lieutenant colonel Sept. 28, 2018, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. (Airman 1st Class Alan Ricker/Air Force) ...