A year after transitioning to standardized “static” closeout dates for officers’ performance reports, the Air Force will align its promotion boards with the change in 2024, the service announced Aug. 23. With the move, officers will now have a performance report within six months of promotion ...
The percentage of “in-the-zone” Air Force majors promoted to lieutenant colonel dipped slightly in 2023 to its lowest point since the service instituted sweeping changes to its officer promotion system—while “above the zone” promotions continue to rise. Those changes aren’t uniform across the different career ...
Department of the Air Force officers are about to get credit for their academic achievements: For the first time in years, Air Force and Space Force promotion boards will be told which able to see which candidates for major and lieutenant colonel have advanced academic ...
Some negative information that once might have been withheld from Air Force officer promotion boards will now be seen and evaluated, the Air Force announced. The new rules comply with the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, which mandates more transparency in promotions. The Air ...