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The 26E6 promotion list will be made publicly available Thursday morning on the Personnel Center\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026 promotion cycle demonstrates an over 1% increase from last year when officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afpc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/4223066\/air-force-selects-7884-in-technical-sergeant-promotion-cycle-list-posts-june-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">selected<\/a> 7,884 staff sergeants to promote out of 30,776 eligible, for a rate of 25.62% in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously, the highest number of airmen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afpc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/1900337\/air-force-selects-9467-in-19e6technical-sergeant-promotion-cycle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">selected<\/a> for this promotion was in 2019, when 9,467 staff sergeants were selected, and the number eligible was 29,328. The number chosen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afpc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/2321911\/air-force-releases-technical-sergeant20e6-promotion-cycle-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">dropped<\/a> by over 1,200 airmen in 2020 before it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afpc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/2668226\/department-of-the-air-force-selects-9422-in-technical-sergeant-promotion-cycle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">increased<\/a> again to 9,422 in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the number of airmen selected reached its peak in 2019 with a selection rate of 32.28%, the 2026 promotion cycle marks the highest rate since 2021\u2019s 26.94%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past five years, the promotion\u2019s selection rate ranged from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afpc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3449366\/air-force-releases-technical-sergeant-promotion-cycle-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">as low as 14.5%<\/a> in 2023 to an increase to 25.62% in 2025. 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