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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Blue Graphic with Staff Sergeant and Technical Sergeant stripes20E5/E6 Promotion Timeline Update
                        
                        
                        To help reduce the spread of COVID-19 and keep Airmen safe, 20E5 and 20E6 promotion testing was previously suspended. The Air Force’s Personnel Center provided a promotion timeline update. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Staff Sgt. Sahara Fales)
                
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20E5/E6 promotion timeline updatePublished July 10, 2020
                    
                    By  Staff Sgt. Sahara L. Fales
                    
                    
                    Air Force’s Personnel Center Public Affairs
            **JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) --**To help reduce the spread of COVID-19 and keep Airmen safe, 20E5 and 20E6 promotion testing was previously suspended and resumed when deemed safe by installation commanders.
Although most testing centers have resumed operations, social distancing precautions have significantly impacted the number of Airmen able to test per session. As of June 30, only 32% of 20E5 eligible Airmen have tested. Therefore, the Air Force’s Personnel Center is extending the promotion testing window for the 20E5 cycle to Aug. 28, to allow as many Airmen as possible to meet the in-cycle promotion release with their peers.
AFPC will remain flexible to changing conditions and will re-adjust timelines if required to ensure the safety of Airmen.
Currently, there is only a one-month delay from the pre-COVID timeline. Information regarding each cycle is listed below:20E6

Testing Window: May 11 – July 31
 File Freeze: July 31
 Estimated Release: Mid-to-late August
 Increments will begin Sept. 1. (those with a date of rank of Aug. 1 will be retroactively applied with backdated pay)20E5

Testing Window: May 11 – Aug. 28
 File Freeze: TBD
 Estimated Release: Mid-to-late September
 Increments will begin Oct. 1 (those with a date of rank of Sept. 1 will be retroactively applied with backdated pay)
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