Air Force Promotion Release Dates 2024. The air force’s selection rate for promotions to technical sergeant neared 20 percent in 2024, bouncing back from historically low rates the previous two years while still trailing. Competition for promotion to technical sergeant eased in 2024, after the air force’s enlisted restructuring efforts drove the selection rate lower in recent years.

Some peers took issue with the timing of his retirement. Air force officials selected 12,827 senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant out of 56,124 eligible for a selection rate of 22.85 percent in the 24e5 promotion cycle, which.