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Airman 1st Class Savannah Ferguson, 9th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, celebrates Black History Month by representing various minority groups at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Feb. 17, 2021. The daughter of a Puerto Rican mother and Jamaican father, Ferguson grew up as a bridge between Hispanic and African-American cultures. After being assigned to Dover Air Force Base, Ferguson recognized that she had a personal responsibility as a female, Hispanic and African American airman within a predominantly white, male career field to share her experiences. (Mauricio Campino/Air Force)

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.

By Rachel S. Cohen

3 years ago