Earning their final stripe: CMSgt-selects make the cut

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  • By Airman 1st Class Lane T. Plummer
  • 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Senior leadership across the Kaiserslautern Military Community, load up on a bus before they visit Airmen selected to promote to chief master sergeant at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 8, 2016. Although the Air Force has been an independent service since 1947, the rank of chief master sergeant did not exist until the authorization of the Military Pay Act of 1958. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Lane T. Plummer)