The Air Force announced Wednesday that it had promoted 21% of eligible airmen to become staff sergeants -- the lowest rate since 1997 -- as the service continues to slow noncommissioned officers ...

Air Force officials have selected 12,827 senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant out of 56,124 eligible for a selection rate of 22.85% in the 24E5 promotion cycle, which includes ...

“If it does, and we cannot prevail, the results could cast a long shadow ... staff sergeant jobs — shedding several hundred of those billets in total, according to figures provided to Air ...

(Jose Luis Magana/AP) Editor’s note: This story was updated at 5:30 p.m. EST with a statement from Air Force Reserve Command. A staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force Reserve from Texas was ...