Senior Airman Isaiah Demillo, 23, stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas ... for Stars and Stripes since 2024. The Massachusetts native and UMass Amherst alumnus previously covered Okinawa ...

Deana Heitzman told Stars and Stripes by email Dec. 8 ... without promotion before they’re forced out of the Air Force, senior airmen have 12 years, staff sergeants 22 years, technical sergeants ...

“You are our newest BTZ Senior Airman.” In the Air Force, BTZ stands for below-the-zone, an early promotion program where an airman first class like Jenkins can be promoted to the E-4 rank of ...

After 10 months at that grade, airmen become eligible to move up to airman 1st class (E-3). The “Stripes ... the editor of Air Force Times. She joined the publication as its senior reporter ...

The “E-4 Mafia” is about to get a few new members. Senior airmen are set to make up the Air Force’s single largest enlisted group — growing from 19% to 25% of all enlisted billets — by ...

The U.S. Air Force has identified almost 1,500 airmen for promotion to senior master sergeant. The service on Thursday announced it had selected 1,467 airmen for promotions and released a list of ...

Note: The 77th birthday of the U.S. Air Force is Sept. 18, 2024. Senior Airman Greydon Furstenau is with 42nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs. When I first joined the Air Force, I saw it as a ...

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Garret Glore enlisted in the U.S. Air Force with a clear mission: save lives and combat evil. Even in the face of numerous obstacles throughout his Air Force career ...