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

I always called fellow airmen "Zoomies" if they are in flight operations, and "Boomies" if they work in ordnance, EOD, or air refueling. In the past we could have referred to USAF troops as "Roomies", but the new housing standard is migrating toward one-to-a-room to avoid gender-identity issues and sexual conflicts

Why waste another brain-cell or minute on erasing a proudly traditional service name?

Stop the silly quest.

I'm so glad I'm retired. I can't believe they are bringing this politically correct garbage into the military.

If this is what needs to be done then why not follow suit with the Corps and the Army and have Private stated as the lower rank. The title Medic could also be used but have 1,2,3...Etc after to reflect position such as hospital or field. I believe in the KISS concept.

just a note on the article.i am a ret. merchant SEAMAN. the title SEAMAN is is applied evenly to male and female i think the term now used is MARINER. i am also ret. U.S. NAVY

The question implies there is no alternative to "gender neutral." So why participate in this exercise in political correctness? America, you are losing your soul to these do-gooders and speech and thought police.

Who gives a shit what the air force does!

How about this push to demasculinize the armed forces dies out.

I believe that we as a society have more important concerns than correcting every perceived politically incorrect name, word, phrase, or logo. Get over it and let's work on what's really troubling our great nation.

After 30 yrs in the Marines I can truly say I am at a loss of word at how PC the Military has become. I say leave it as is and focus on something more important. I mean if you're that sensitive that being called an Airmen offends you then you have some serious issues. But hey that's just my opinion