The Air Force has selected 1,450 master sergeants out of a pool of 13,216 for promotion to senior master sergeant for 2009. The 10.97-percent selection rate is slightly higher than last year’s 8.77-percent rate. The complete list is available on the Air Force Personnel Center Web site, http://ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil/, as of March 5. Promotions will begin in April, according to selectees’ promotion sequence numbers.