Airmen will need to “bring their A-game” because “performance is No. 1,” under the new enlisted evaluation and promotion systems, said CMSgt. Brandy Petzel, chief of enlisted force policy on the Air Staff. Speaking Sept. 17 at AFA’s Air & Space Conference in National Harbor, Md., Petzel said the changes are meant to ensure that performance is weighted more heavily than other factors. “We have had the same promotion system for 45 years with no significant changes,” said Petzel. “Now is the right time” to improve it. The Air Force announced in July that sweeping changes to the enlisted force’s evaluation systems would be made in the next few years. Changes began in August and will take up to 30 months to be fully implemented, she said.
NASA Boss: Race to Moon Has National Security Stakes
Sept. 15, 2026
NASA is pushing hard to get astronauts back to the moon by 2028—and the urgency is driven in no small part by the national security implications of doing so before China does, Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sept. 15.
