While the Air Force has staff and technical sergeants, the Space Force E-5 rank will be known as sergeant, followed by technical sergeant for E-6. Officer ranks -- second lieutenant to general ...

Read Next: Learn more about Space Force. Like the Air Force, enlisted Space Force ranks are broken down into three levels: specialist (E-1 through E-4), noncommissioned officers (E-5 and E-6), and ...

Like all U.S. military personnel, Air Force members are paid a minimum basic pay based on rank and years of service. The Department of Defense budget increased that pay by 5.2% in 2024 — the ...

Now, about six years later, the Air Force says its NCO corps has too many inexperienced airmen in its ranks and needs to slow down the pipeline so that airmen get an average of one additional year ...

In May, just 14.8 percent of eligible tech sergeants (E-6) were selected for promotion to master sergeant, marking the service’s lowest promotion rate for that rank since at least 2010, Air ...

The Space Force’s new ranks are here.. The military’s newest service spelled out what its rank structure will be as of Feb. 1 in a memo signed Friday, which almost immediately began to leak ...

The rank names for the Space Force took effect February 1. Members will continue to wear Air Force rank insignia until the Space Force finalizes its own designs, ... E6: Technical Sergeant ...

The U.S. Space Force on Jan. 29 revealed its new rank structure. The service for the most part is adopting the U.S. Air Force ranks.

The Air Force has long known its maintainer shortage is a serious problem, affecting aircraft readiness and burning out its personnel, and has been trying to fix it for years – with some success.

Seventeen Department of the Air Force personnel were named 2021 Presidential Rank Award recipients by the Office of Personnel Management. Of those 17, four are from Air Force Materiel Command: ...

An F-22 pilot on why he felt discriminated against in the Air Force 05:35. This Sunday on 60 Minutes, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reported on allegations of racial bias ...