Below are the basic requirements to be promoted to each rank.
**Please Note: Promotion to any rank will be based on fullfillment of basic requirements, quality of promotion request application, and current number of personnel at any given rank. Rank limits apply to each branch seperately excluding the CNC and CNXO.



Officer Ranks


Chief Novus Commander: O-11
- Must be appointed as Chief Novus Commander/Guild Captain.
*Note: This rank is retained by all past and present CNC's.
- No record of disciplinary issues within eight months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than one active member with this rank.

General: O-10
- Must be appoint as Chief Novus Executive Officer
- No record of disciplinary issues within eight months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than one active member with this rank.

Lieutenant General: O-9
- Must be appointed as General of the Air Force
- No record of disciplinary issues within seven months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than one active member with this rank.

Major General: O-8
- Must be appointed as Air Force Executive Officer.
- No record of disciplinary issues within seven months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than one active member with this rank.

Brigader General: O-7
- Must be appointed as an Element Commander.
- No record of disciplinary issues within seven months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than one active member with this rank (per Element).

Colonel: O-6
- Must pass the General Test (must be O-5 for a minimum of three months before taking the General Test)
- 200+ posts after becoming O-5
- No record of disciplinary issues within six months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than four active members with this rank.

Lieutenant Colonel: O-5
- Must be appointed as an Element Commander, or;
- 200+ posts after passing the CommanderTest.
- No record of disciplinary issues within six months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than five active members with this rank.

Major: O-4
- Pass the Commander Test (must be O-3 for a minimum of three months before you can take the Commander Test)
- No record of disciplinary issues within six months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than six active members with this rank.

Captain: O-3
- Have a total of at least 400 posts.
- No record of disciplinary issues within five months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than ten active members with this rank.

First Lieutenant: O-2
- Have a total of at least 300 posts.
- No record of disciplinary issues within five months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than fifteen active members with this rank.

Second Lieutenant: O-1
- Be of the current rank no lower than E-8.
- Pass the Officer Test (must be either E-8 or E-9 for a minimum of three months before you can take the Officer Test)
- No record of disciplinary issues within five months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than twenty active members with this rank.




Enlisted Ranks



Chief Master Sergeant: E-9
- 300 posts since joining
- Recommendation from an individual of O-3 rank or higher
- No record of disciplinary issues within six months prior to promotion.
- Must pass the NCO Chief Test (must be E-8 for a minimum of 3+ months before taking the NCO Chief Test)
**Note: Never more than four active members with this rank.

Senior Master Sergeant: E-8
- 200 posts since joining
- Must pass the Advanced Knowledge 2 Test (must be E-7 for a minimum of 2+ months before taking the Advanced Knowledge 4 Test)
- No record of disciplinary issues within six months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than six active members with this rank.

Master Sergeant: E-7
- 180 posts since joining
- Must pass the Advanced Knowledge 1 Test (must be E-6 for a minimum of 2+ months before taking the Advanced Knowledge 1 Test)
- No record of disciplinary issues within six months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than ten active members with this rank.

Technical Sergeant: E-6
- Must pass the General Knowledge 2 Test (must be E-5 for a minimum of 2+ months before taking the General Knowledge 2 Test)
- No record of disciplinary issues within six months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than fifteen active members with this rank.

Staff Sergeant: E-5
- 125+ posts since joining
- No record of disciplinary issues within three months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than twenty active members with this rank.

Senior Airman: E-4
- Must pass the General Knowledge 1 Test (must be E-3 for a minimum of one month before taking the General Knowledge 1 Test)
- No record of disciplinary issues within two months prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than twenty-five active members with this rank.

Airman First Class: E-3
- 50+ posts since joining.
- No record of disciplinary issues within one month prior to promotion.
**Note: Never more than thirty-five active members with this rank.

Airman: E-2
- Pass the Basic Training Test.
- 25+ posts since joining.
- No record of disciplinary issues within one month prior to promotion.
**Note: No limit.

Airman Basic: E-1
- Automatically granted upon joining the NAF.
**Note: No limit.