Air Force Staff Sergeant Promotion Rate. The air force said wednesday it chose just over 20% of eligible senior airmen to move up the career ladder in the latest round of promotion considerations — a steep drop from. Air force officials selected 9,000 senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant out of 51,717 eligible for a selection rate of 17.4 percent in the 23e5 promotion cycle, which includes.

This year, 16% of nearly 34,000 eligible staff sergeants were tapped for promotion to technical sergeant. Air force officials have selected 5,500 technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant out of 29,497 eligible for a selection rate of 18.65% in the 24e7 promotion cycle, which.