Latest "Air Force diversity" stories

Air Force hair standards and the invisible labor changing institutions

Let's recognize the work undertaken by the Air Force Women's Initiative Team that led to the recent policy change for hair standards for women, says the author of this commentary.

By Maj. Kelly Atkinson

2 years ago

The women of the 2nd Space Operations Squadron made history as the first ever all-female space operations crew July 23, 2020, at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.

Space Force aims to set standard for diversity, inclusion in the military

Some critics worry steps taken in public, such as the military’s first all-female space operations crew, only serve to obscure larger systemic problems the Space Force has inherited from the branch of the military it grew out of, the U.S. Air Force.

By Dan Boyce, Colorado Public Radio via the AP

3 years ago

The consequences of implicit bias at Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training

I learned the system is not merely the words on the page. It is how individuals implement them.

By Nathan Dial

3 years ago

Three generations of Black military members show the progress that’s been made, and the path forward

Over three generations of military service, my grandfather, father and I show the progress and institutional inconsistencies of the United States when it comes to race.

By Nathan Dial

3 years ago

Dear white colonel … we must address our blind spots around race

"We can break these invisible barriers, if we choose to engage and stop excusing ourselves."

By Col. Ben Jonsson

3 years ago

‘I am confused, scared and afraid'

"All of us are stunned by how much the videos involving George Floyd, Christian Cooper and Ahmaud Arbery affected our white peers."

By Nathan Dial

3 years ago

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