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Air Force diversity efforts aim to mentor, open doors to underrepresented groups March 8 Cadets attending AFJROTC Summer Flight Academy at Delaware State University tour a Radar Approach Control facility. (Roland Balik/Air Force) Senior Air Force officials have insisted that the creation of a force of airmen with diverse backgrounds and experiences is crucial to adapting to the threats of the future. That’s why Air Education and Training Command, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Then-Col. Peter Bailey talks with students during an Aim High Outreach event at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Bailey is now brigadier general and current 2nd Air Force Air National Guard assistant to the commander. (U.S. Air Force 2019 file photo) GO Inspire seeks to boost services’ diversity JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas — Air Force Recruiting Service announced the establishment of a program designed to increase diversity in r...

When getting some good, life-changing news, it doesn’t really matter how it’s delivered. Technical Sgt. Vincent Boven found out over the airwaves in early November that the commander of Air Education and Training Command had tapped him for a highly selective program to receive a commission. The 12-year veteran was sitting with fellow cadre members at the Air Force ROTC detachment at Michigan Technological University chatting with the Headquarters AFROTC commander, who was doing a virtual vi...