sixth enlisted rank is the rank of a tsgt in the air force.
what rank is a tsgt in the air force?
sixth enlisted rank
technical sergeant, "tech sgt" or "tsgt" in informal parlance, is the sixth enlisted rank (pay grade e-6) in the u.s. air force, just above staff sergeant and below master sergeant. a technical sergeant is a noncommissioned officer and abbreviated as tsgt (with no period in official usaf and other military correspondence). official terms of address are "technical sergeant" or "sergeant", although many use "tech sergeant" in informal situations.
technical sergeant
bullet::::- c-130e, af ser. no. 62-1787, on display at the national museum of the united states air force, wright-patterson afb, ohio, was flown to the museum on 18 august 2011. one of the greatest feats of heroism during the vietnam war involved the c-130e, call sign "spare 617". the c-130e attempted to airdrop ammunition to surrounded south vietnamese forces at an loc, vietnam. approaching the drop zone, spare 617 received heavy enemy ground fire that damaged two engines, ruptured a bleed air duct in the cargo compartment, and set the ammunition on fire. flight engineer tsgt sanders was killed, and navigator 1st lt lenz and co-pilot 1st lt hering were both wounded. despite receiving severe burns from hot air escaping from the damaged air bleed duct, loadmaster tsgt shaub extinguished a fire in the cargo compartment, and successfully jettisoned the cargo pallets, which exploded in mid-air. despite losing a third engine on final approach, pilot capt caldwell landed spare 617 safely. for their actions, caldwell and shaub received the air force cross, the u.s. air force's second highest award for valor. tsgt shaub also received the william h. pitsenbarger award for heroism from the air force sergeants association.
lockheed c-130 hercules