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Despite confusing fitness standards, Air Force didn’t play favorites with female special tactics trainee, IG says
The four-month investigation came after an anonymous letter criticizing the Air Force spread quickly on social media.
Special ops wing boss defended female trainee under fire in memo to airmen
"The community is rightly concerned and would like to be reassured that standards are maintained," 24th Special Operations Wing commander Col. Jason Daniels wrote in the Jan. 10 memo.
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.
First enlisted woman qualifies for formal combat controller training
A female airman will soon begin formal training to become an Air Force combat controller, the closest any enlisted woman has gotten so far to breaking that glass ceiling.
Fallen special operators honored as AFSOC begins 830-mile ruck march
Twenty special tactics airmen are marching from Texas to Florida to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, a special tactics combat controller who was killed in eastern Afghanistan Nov. 27.
By Kyle Rempfer