Following direction from a Pentagon task force set up to make sure President Donald Trump’s executive orders are being implemented, the Department of the Air Force will send small teams to “validate” compliance at nine bases before the end of the month.
Late last month, the Office of the Secretary of Defense ordered the removal of military news content that promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion, and in the weeks since, some Air Force veterans and civilians have been surprised by what disappeared.
About three weeks after it was removed on Jan. 29, Air Force Handbook 1 reappeared on Feb. 19, albeit missing several sections regarding diversity, inclusion, cognitive bias, and COVID-19.
The Air Force is not shutting down its equal opportunity programs, it said in a new memo, distinguishing them from the department’s sweeping review of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Acting Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Gwendolyn Defilippi wrote that she was issuing ...
The Air Force’s various “Athena” programs focused on women’s readiness issues have shut down as the service conducts a review to follow President Donald Trump’s executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The Air Force has started the process of shutting down its diversity and inclusion offices and boards to comply with a sweeping Executive Order from President Donald Trump, though the process is still ongoing, an official told Air & Space Forces Magazine.
When 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh became the first ever active service member crowned Miss America on Jan. 14, top Air Force officials recognized a rare opportunity to reach women and girls who otherwise might not consider military service as an option.
From making it easier for pregnant women to continue flying to updating its pilot candidate scoring mechanism, the Department of the Air Force has made changes big and small in the last few years with an eye toward diversity and inclusion, part of a broader ...
SEAC Ramón Colón-López said the push to allow beards in the Air Force was a fashion statement that could undermine discipline in the ranks.
Undersecretary Gina Ortiz Jones, the Department of the Air Force’s No. 2 civilian, is stepping down effective March 6. The department's comptroller, Kristyn E. Jones, will become Acting Undersecretary up her departure, the Air Force said. “Undersecretary Jones has been a tireless advocate for the ...
The Department of the Air Force needs to do a better job of identifying, recruiting, and mentoring Hispanic officers—especially at its very highest ranks, according to a new report and Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. Speaking at a conference sponsored by the Air Force’s Hispanic ...
The Department of the Air Force offered up new, “aspirational” goals for diversity in its officer applicant pool earlier this month. Now, Secretary Frank Kendall has given the department’s commissioning sources until Sept. 30 to develop initiatives to try to meet those goals.