{"id":20137,"date":"2017-11-28T16:16:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T16:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/28\/air-force-selects-472-for-promotion-to-chief-master-sergeant\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:29:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:29:05","slug":"air-force-selects-472-for-promotion-to-chief-master-sergeant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2017\/11\/28\/air-force-selects-472-for-promotion-to-chief-master-sergeant\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force selects 472 for promotion to chief master sergeant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Air Force has selected 472 airmen for promotion to chief master sergeant, the Air Force Personnel Center said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were 2,142 senior master sergeants up for promotion this year, which amounts to a 22.04 percent selection rate. That\u2019s down from the 23.82 percent selection rate from last year \u2015 which itself was a three-decade high \u2015 but higher than the preceding three years. Selection rates from 2013 to 2015 ranged from 18.97 percent to 20.83 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Air Force will release the list of airmen selected for promotion on Dec. 7. Chief master sergeant promotions will begin Jan. 1 and continue in order of their promotion sequence number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commanders will find out which of their airmen have been selected beginning Thursday, a week before the official release. In most cases, commanders will tell airmen about their promotion the day before the official release. But in special circumstances \u2015 such as when someone is deploying or hospitalized \u2015 commanders can use their discretion to tell them earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\t