Talk:Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force

Legislation
What was the legislative action that created the CMSAF in 1967?


 * According to the online article found July 20, 2018 at |AF AF.mil News - Celebrating 50 years of the CMSAF:

In the early 1960s, Congressman Mendel Rivers issued a bill that mandated the appointment of senior enlisted advisers for all services. Though the bill wasn’t passed, Air Force senior leaders decided to create the CMSAF position.

Then-CSAF Gen. John P. McConnell announced the position in 1967 and explained its criteria and duties, “The man selected to fill this job will be used as a representative of the Airman force when and where this is appropriate, and will serve as a sounding board for ideas and proposals affecting Airman matters.”
 * Should that information be included in this Wikipedia article? TadgStirkland401 (talk) 21:05, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

Term dates
For CMSAF 17 I am using the start of office date as 1 Feb 2013 as his predecessor is due to retire on 31 Jan. I know the ceremony happens on the 24th of Jan 2013 - but the rest of the list seems to run to end of a calendar month so this is probably the right way to do it IMO. Gbawden (talk) 13:13, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
 * This link gives the date of 1 Feb http://www.afa.org/media/press/2012/New_CMSAF.asp Gbawden (talk) 13:27, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

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Good Morning Chief Master Sergeant Kaleth O. Wright

The Air Force is changing the dress uniform and I strongly recommend that they bring back SERVICE STRIPES. The Air Force had them when I was on active duty 1954-1958. All the other armed forces have them and they should be RETURNED TO THE ENLISTED. I also served in the Air Force Reserve for a total of 40 years and 10 days. The Air Force is the BEST and I am proud to have served.

Laurence C. McNeill, Retired CMSGT 218 Abbott Avenue Leominster, MA 01453

Email address: chieflmcneill@aol.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:199:4181:4E5:5551:281B:584D:B9C4 (talk) 12:30, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

Hash marks - Service Stripes
Recommend that hash marks (service stripes) be added to the Class A Air Force uniforms. Time to get the back. All other services have them except us.

Laurence (Larry) C. McNeill, CMSGT, Retired
 * Chief McNeill, this isn't the place to suggest a change to the uniform. Try posting to Chief Bass's Facebook page. Schazjmd   (talk)  18:24, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (acronym: CMSAF)
CMSAF is not an acronym. CMSAF is an initialism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eonny (talk • contribs) 01:38, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

James McCoy
The page incorrectly lists CMSAF James M. McCoy as having served 1 year, 364 days. Since he served from 1 August 1979 to 31 July 1981 and 1980 was a leap year, it should credit him with 1 year, 365 days. This likely affects multiple other Chiefs, but his was simple to spot since it's 1 day shy of 2 years. Jpmorr01 (talk) 22:49, 12 July 2024 (UTC)