{"id":33617,"date":"2020-08-18T22:14:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T22:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/18\/after-covid-delay-air-force-selects-8246-for-promotion-to-tech-sergeant\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:56:08","slug":"after-covid-delay-air-force-selects-8246-for-promotion-to-tech-sergeant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/08\/18\/after-covid-delay-air-force-selects-8246-for-promotion-to-tech-sergeant\/","title":{"rendered":"After COVID delay, Air Force selects 8,246 for promotion to tech sergeant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Air Force Personnel Center said Tuesday that 8,246 enlisted airmen have been selected for promotion to technical sergeant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were 28,358 staff sergeants who were eligible for promotion to E-6, resulting in a selection rate of 29.08 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFPC said in a release that it will release the list of selectees the morning of Aug. 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The E-6 promotion announcement, which is usually made in July, was delayed this year<\/a>. First, the Air Force in February extended the testing window<\/a> for 6,000 airmen in 18 career fields after an envelope of tests was lost in the mail. That Weighted Airman Promotion System testing window<\/a> was originally set to close March 15, but was extended to April 30 to give Air Education and Training Command time to rewrite the tests and mail them to more than 80 locations around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\t