Latest "gender equity" stories

Officer trainees, as part of the Air Force's Officer Training School, evacuate a wounded airmen during a mock combat scenario, Sept. 19, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Pregnant people may now apply for a spot at OTS under a recent change in Air Force policy. (Senior Airman Francisco Melendez-Espinosa/Air Force)

Pregnant women can now apply for Air Force Officer Training School

Women can apply to OTS while carrying a child and head to training six months after their pregnancy ends.

By Rachel S. Cohen

6 months ago

Infants sit in a stroller during Yoiko Child Development Center Month of the Military Child parade at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 3, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Melanie Hutto/Air Force)

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.

By Rachel S. Cohen

12 months ago

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.

By Rachel S. Cohen and Kyle Rempfer

14 months ago

Hair, hands and hosiery: Air Force overhauling outdated rules on airmen’s looks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.

By Rachel S. Cohen

20 months ago

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