The Air Force has selected 1,284 master sergeants for promotion to senior master sergeant. Those selected for promotion were picked from a list of 14,404 by a selection board that met at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, on Jan. 28-Feb. 15. The promotion rate, 8.91 percent, is slightly higher than last year’s 8.77 percent. A complete list was slated for a March 12 release, available on the Air force Personnel Center Web site at http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/.