Airman 1st Class Christophore Hountohotegbe, a 71st Force Support Squadron force management journeyman, accepts his senior airman below the zone stripes from Col. Clark Quinn, the 71st Flying Training Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Peter Speen, the 71st FTW command chief, Dec. 7. BTZ allows commanders to promote a select number of outstanding airmen 1st class to senior airmen six months early. Airman “H” as his peers call him is set to sew on E-4 Feb. 8, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Bolinger)