Overview
- An Air Force promotions team found the error after the 26E6 technical sergeant list went out, and on Tuesday officials announced they had rescinded 135 previously notified promotions in the Security Forces career field.
- The mistake came from an outdated SKT (Specialty Knowledge Test) answer key that produced 27 miskeyed questions and skewed rankings for about 2,285 eligible Security Forces candidates.
- AFPC rescored every eligible exam, kept the career field quota at 586 promotions, confirmed 451 original selects remain, removed 135 incorrect selects, and identified 135 replacement selectees to be announced in a supplemental release the week of July 13.
- Senior enlisted leaders ordered commanders to personally notify those affected, set up hotlines and outreach, and Chief Master Sgt. David R. Wolfe held calls with command chiefs to manage the response and offer support.
- Security Forces is the Air Force’s largest enlisted specialty and promotions hinge heavily on the SKT, so the service’s AETC and AFPC will review grading and ranking systems and add quality-assurance safeguards to restore trust and prevent similar human errors.