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Air force, just above staff sergeant and below master sergeant. Technical sergeant, tech sgt or tsgt in informal parlance, is the sixth enlisted rank pay grade e6 in the u. It is the rank just above staff sergeant and below master sergeant. This table of the united states air force ranks from lowest to highest shows the air forces rank structure from lowest to highest including rank insignia, abbreviation, and rank classification the united states air force has twenty two grades of enlisted airmen and officers, with most airmen enlisting at the entrylevel rank of airman basic ab. The modern usaf was established on september 18th, 1947 following the conclusion of world war 2 but maintains a history as far back as 1907.
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