Air Force selects 518 airmen for promotion to chief master sergeant
A total of 2,763 Air Force senior master sergeants were eligible, for a selection rate of 18.75 percent.
A total of 2,763 Air Force senior master sergeants were eligible, for a selection rate of 18.75 percent.
“Today is a day for mourning, the 115th Fighter Wing and the entire Wisconsin National Guard stands with the pilot’s family as we grieve the loss of a great Airman, and patriot," said the wing's commander.
She was known for her robust defense of the president, once extolling the virtues of “alternative facts.”
Capt. (Dr.) Kelliann Leli, 30, died Nov. 27 in a non-combat-related vehicle incident at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. She had deployed from Travis Air Force Base, California.
Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett and Navy Lt. Rhiannon Ross died in the Oct. 23 T-6B Texan trainer crash in Alabama.
"We cannot slow down getting RVS 2.0 into the airplane," the head of Air Mobility Command said.
Another airman died two days before in an unrelated vehicle accident at Ali Al Salem Air Base.
"We’re going to turn this headquarters and the mobility air forces toward the contested environment,” said Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, AMC's commander.
Out of the 28,358 staff sergeants eligible to move up, service officials chose 8,246 for promotion to E-6.
A group of conservative lawmakers have demanded a meeting with Defense Secretary Mark Esper to talk about religious liberty issues.