The first of 80 C-5A Galaxy transports rolls out at Lockheed’s Marietta, Ga., facility, during a ceremony with President Lyndon B. Johnson in attendance.
The Air Force will promote 11.07 percent of eligible master sergeants to senior master sergeant this year, a decline from last cycle that snaps a four-year streak of increases. Out of a pool of 13,315 eligible individuals, 1,474 new E-8s were selected.
