Sanders promoted to Air Force chief master sergeant

Gregory F. Sanders, son of Walt and Sheran Sanders of Pontiac, was recently promoted to the rank of chief master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. By law, only 1 percent of the enlisted force can be promoted to this rank, Walt Sanders said.

Gregory Sanders is currently the Sixth Aircraft Maintenance Unit superintendent, 849th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Holloman AFB, N.M. He enlisted in the Air Force after graduation from Gainesville High School in 1988. His previous assignments include Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona and assignments as an Air Force recruiter in Valdosta, Ga.; Tallahassee, Fla. and Columbia. He also participated in Operation Desert Storm with an assignment to Saudi Arabia and has completed two assignments to Korea, as well as assignments to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.; Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, and a six-month deployment to Djibouti, Africa.

In 1992 Sanders married Christy Bickers of Mount Ayr, Iowa; they have two children, Cade, 12, and Lauren, 7.

<p>Gregory F. Sanders</p>