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Nine thousand of the 51,717 E-4s who were considered made the cut, according to the Air Force Personnel Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s the most competitive round of promotions to E-4 since at least 1996, when 16.6% of senior airmen were picked to advance. That figure did not include supplemental promotions, or those offered to airmen who weren\u2019t considered during their normal window because of extenuating circumstances like a deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airmen typically reach the rank of staff sergeant after serving for about four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the second tranche of promotions announced since the Air Force began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/07\/08\/air-force-to-promote-fewer-ncos-in-bid-to-rebalance-enlisted-corps\/\">restructuring its enlisted force<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/09\/19\/air-force-enlisted-promotions-outlook\/\">promote fewer midlevel enlisted through 2024<\/a> in a bid to spread airmen more evenly across the ranks. The initiative will also give noncommissioned officers \u2014 staff sergeants and technical sergeants \u2014 a bit longer to mature into supervisors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the plan, staff sergeant jobs would shrink from 27% of the enlisted force in fiscal 2022 to 21% in fiscal 2025, with more E-5s than positions to fill. More than 261,000 enlisted airmen were serving on active duty as of March, according to the Air Force Personnel Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some airmen have complained on social media of putting in extra effort without the reward of promotion. 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