The Air Force has acknowledged a human error involving an outdated test answer key that corrupted this year’s technical sergeant selection process. As a result, 135 promotions will be revoked and awarded to other troops who rightfully earned them.
Rescoring Process
The error affected only the service’s security forces career field, where officials rescored all 2,285 eligible Airmen after discovering the outdated scoring key. After rescoring, the Air Force determined that 451 previously selected Airmen would keep their promotions, while 135 others no longer met the cutoff score. Another 135 Airmen who were initially passed over will instead receive the promotions.
Air Force officials said the error was discovered after the promotion list was released and an enlisted promotions team member at the Air Force Personnel Center identified the outdated scoring key. The mistake was described as an isolated and unprecedented human error, with no other Air Force specialty codes affected.
The Air Force Personnel Center plans to announce the 135 newly selected technical sergeants in a supplemental promotion release during the week of July 13. The new selectees will receive adjusted line numbers that will not affect when they are promoted.
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