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Diversity: Necessary for readiness or the bogeyman?
Republicans say the diversity conversation has taken over the military. Pentagon leaders disagree.
It’s now easier for new parents to leave Air Force, Space Force
Before the policy change, only women were allowed to leave the Air Force after childbirth or adoption.
Woman who quit Air Force commando course questioned ‘highly suspicious’ lower standards
"The change in standards invalidated me with a majority of my team,” the female special tactics officer candidate wrote in April 2021.
Women of color are lagging behind in Air Force’s push for diversity
The service is becoming more gender-diverse, but those gains aren’t the same across women of various races and ethnicities.
Air Force tries flight-hour cap, flexible test scores to diversify officer candidates
Considering only 60 flight hours would result in about 70 more qualified Hispanic candidates, 47 more women and 26 more Black candidates over 12 years.
Entire Air Force hits staffing, recruitment goals for the first time in five years
Waning interest in military service and eligibility among America's youth is still a cause for concern.
This Tuskegee Airman accomplished a lot. But nothing topped winning the 1st ‘Top Gun’ trophy
Their trophy is now on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Air Force finds hurdles to success for women, Hispanics, other minorities in second disparity review
The review collected more than 100,000 responses and nearly 17,000 single-spaced pages of input.
Hair, hands and hosiery: Air Force overhauling outdated rules on airmen’s looks
The Air Force is introducing hot-weather uniforms, allowing morale patches on Fridays and more.
Biden introduces sweeping diversity initiative amid race-training controversy
The executive order signed by President Joe Biden instructs agencies to pursue far-reaching initiatives to improve diversity, equity and inclusion within the federal workforce.
By Jessie Bur