{"id":29737,"date":"2018-01-31T19:23:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T19:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/31\/air-force-selects-almost-500-officers-for-promotion-to-colonel-lieutenant-colonel\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:57:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:57:36","slug":"air-force-selects-almost-500-officers-for-promotion-to-colonel-lieutenant-colonel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/01\/31\/air-force-selects-almost-500-officers-for-promotion-to-colonel-lieutenant-colonel\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force selects 467 officers for promotion to O-5 and O-6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force has selected <a href=\"https:\/\/partner-mco-archive.s3.amazonaws.com\/client_files\/1517419373.pdf\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\">467 active-duty officers for promotion<\/a> to colonel and lieutenant colonel, according to officials at the Air Force Personnel Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were 402 lieutenant colonels selected for promotion to colonel in the Line of the Air Force, chaplain and nurse corps categories. The boards also selected 65 majors for promotion to lieutenant colonel in the chaplain and Line of the Air Force judge advocate categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the officers selected for promotion came from the Line of the Air Force competitive category, according to statistics from the Air Force Personnel Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 53 percent \u2014 329 out of 625 \u2014 Line of the Air Force officers in the promotion zone for colonel were selected. Nine of 654 officers above the zone and 37 of the 2,210 lieutenant colonels below the zone were promoted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four of the eight chaplains in the promotion zone for colonel were selected for promotion. In the nurse corps, about 41 percent \u2014 17 of 41 \u2014 officers in the zone were selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/2018\/01\/02\/air-force-colonels-nearing-30-years-of-service-can-delay-retirement\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635544205363400263-air-insignia-officers-o6-colonel-1600jpg.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force colonels nearing 30 years of service can delay 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