Air Force officials have selected 534 lieutenant colonels for promotion to colonel across the following seven categories:

• Air Operations and Special Warfare — 284 selected out of 801 considered.

• Combat Support — 88 selected out of 287 considered.

• Force Modernization — 59 selected out of 157 considered.

• Information Warfare — 74 selected out of 279 considered.

• Nuclear and Missile Operations — Nine selected out of 38 considered.

• Cross-Functional — 13 selected out of 38 considered.

• Chaplains — Seven out of 33 considered.