abbreviate "Master Sergeant retired
There was no Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force in 1965. The first Chief Master Seargent of the Air Force was Paul W. Airey, who served from April 3, 1967 - July 31, 1969. See related links for more information.
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4 as of Apr 04 2010. One just retired 2 weeks ago.
retired as a senior chief petty officer
Chief, Assistant Chief, Deputy Chief, Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant II, Sergeant I, Detective III, Detective, II, Detective I, Senior Lead Police Officer, Lead Police Officer, Police Officer
CMSgt Chief Master Sergeant is the one after Master Sergeant.
PAUL WESLEY AIREY Chief Paul Wesley Airey was the first "Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force" - which is a distictive position in the Chief Master Sergeant rank. There can only be one person at any given time to occupy this position. The actual answer to this question as it is written is a group of about 2000 people first promoted to E9/Chief Master Sergeant on 1 DEC 1959. http://afehri.maxwell.af.mil/Documents/pdf/Original%20Chief%20List%20all%201700.pdf Chief Mark Schubert
Chief Master Sergeant Fred Archer
Chief Master Sergeant. Some people will say it's Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. That is the highest NCO job in the Air Force, but he's still a Chief Master Sergeant.
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Chief Master Sgt Grace Peterson
Donald L. Harlow was the second Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. See Related links for his bio.
There has yet to be a female Sergeant Major of the Army.
The Army and Marines both have two ranks in the E8 pay grade - Master Sergeant, and First Sergeant. There is one E8 rank in the Air Force - Chief Master Sergeant. If they hold the position of First Sergeant, they get a diamond on their rank insignia to denote it, but their rank remains Chief Master Sergeant.
There was no Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force in 1965. The first Chief Master Seargent of the Air Force was Paul W. Airey, who served from April 3, 1967 - July 31, 1969. See related links for more information.
Lieutenant General Adna Chaffee who was the second US Army Chief of Staff.
The First African American E-9 in the USAF.