Climbing the ranks, next is field grade officers ... The 21st rank in the U.S. Air Force, a lieutenant colonel is responsible for commanding a medical or support group, a squadron or directing ...

Of the 1,311 airmen who were eligible for promotion to lieutenant colonel ... for nearly 14 years. The Air Force is in the process of growing its lower enlisted ranks to give younger airmen ...

Facing what it calls a lack of balance in its noncommissioned officer corps, the Air Force now projects changes to the grade structure for its enlisted ranks. “Although this news may be ...

Aldrin, a retired Air Force colonel and the second man to walk on ... Brigadier general is the first of four general ranks — represented by one star. Band music and an Air Force flyover welcomed ...