What would be your gender-neutral alternative to referring to all Air Force members as "airmen"?

Huge waste of time and resources the word "man" is in "woman"

Get this PC crap out of here, we are not here to make sure everyone gets a participation trophy for self esteem, we are here to protect our nation and defeat those whom threaten us. The very fact you proposed this leads me to believe that you need to be removed from any leadership position.

Why not refer to all Air Force personnel as “Angels”? Angels are gender neutral and they have wings.

I think "Airman" is fine. We have policeman, fireman, postman, why not airman?

If it has to be neutral, then how about "air-person?"

Well let's see as SrA Stacey put it we can find man in a lot of different references that can be looked at as neutral. Last time I checked human has man in it too.

How about "Airhead". Seriously Airman is just fine. Forget PC.

Leave it alone.

Why change it. There is nothing wrong with Airman. Just because someone gets upset about being called an Airman grow up. I didn't like being called a Private ether but I didn't gripe about it I just got promoted. Are some people so sensitive they can't handle it. Really!! Is that what this country coming to. What ever happened to the child saying sticks and stone may brake my bones but names can't hurt me. Oh I'm sorry if I offended someone. Not! I stopped caring what people thought about or said a long time ago. I get called a lot of different name and nasty words so what there just words. The only ones that matter is from my wife and kids. Everyone else just don't rate.

Not sure why this discussion continues to come forward. The Air Force is a team of men and women. Look closely at both words. Do you plan on changing the word, "Women"? The leaders at all position regardless of service respect men and woman the same. Any leader that says otherwise, should not be in a leadership position. Airmen should not be changed. If it does, shame on the Air Force for doing so.