Wright-Patt cheers on 17 senior master sergeant selects Published March 13, 2025 By Daniel Peterson 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force has announced its newest senior master sergeant selects – and the list includes 17 names from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Unit leaders, family members, and the base community gathered March 7 to celebrate the newest selectees at a release party at the Wright-Patt Club. U.S. Air Force Col. Dustin Richards, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, kicked off the event with quick opening remarks. “It is a huge achievement and just demonstrates how much value you bring to the Air Force on a daily basis,” Richards said. “I can only tell you that your leadership and expertise is needed now more than ever, so take today to have an awesome celebration to really reminisce and soak it in, then be ready to get after it as we go forward.” This year's promotion cycle, Air Force officials selected 1,635 master sergeants for promotion out of 14,041 eligible for a selection rate of 11.64 percent for the 25EB cycle. Below are the 17 senior master sergeant selects for Wright-Patterson AFB (listed by organization): 88th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron Master Sgt. Onyee Carter 88th Force Support Squadron Master Sgt. Tamara Bruinink 88th Security Forces Squadron Master Sgt. Joseph Sewell 435th Supply Chain Operations Squadron Master Sgt. Kyle Deconnick 711st Human Performance Wing Master Sgt. Patrick Blanchard Air Force Band of Flight Master Sgt. Gregory Pflugh Air Force Life Cycle Management Master Sgt. Sharon Clark Master Sgt. Michael Ingold Master Sgt. Michael Wood Air Force Materiel Command Master Sgt. Kari Dyke Master Sgt. Ayoka Francis Master Sgt. Joseph McDowell Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Master Sgt. Colleen Ryan National Air and Space Intelligence Center Master Sgt. Shimir Bishop Master Sgt. Nicholas Fennen Master Sgt. Richard Good Master Sgt. Aaron Smith