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

I wouldn't change a thing. All these PC wanna be political officers think they have to change every thing because someone feels a title or name is insulting them personally. Fricken grow a pair and stand your ground! Not every institution has to change because we have opened the doors to both genders. The title is "Airman", either earn it and be proud or get out of the way. Suck it up "princess"!

Air fucking people!

we can put this to bed right now with this solution to gender- neutral military with the following rank for all services if we use these. boy 1-4, girl 1-4---- little boy 5 and 6--- little girl 5-6------- big boy 7-9----- big girl 7-9 now to the officer corps big brother 1-6---- big sister 1-6---- father 7-10 and mother 7-10 there we fixed the rank structure in the entire military. now lets work on the uniforms, hair style,better yet let just scrap all the tradition the military has and start from scratch. as you see I think this is total horse pucky why try to fix something that's not broke.

I say in the words of the Paul McCartney, "Let it Be." Tradition is good. I have never seen a woman in the Air Force not do her job because she is call a Airman.

As I have stated many times I am sick of being a social experiment do that junk in the outside world if is even a problem we are not your toys to manipulate

I was asked by a female maj early in my AF career if I was offended by being called an "Airman" I stated no ma'am it's my rank nothing more nothing less. We are all part of "mankind" they need to worry about more important things this is stupid question.

If "Airman" is too offensive, might I suggest "Wing-nut", "Flap", or better yet "Civilian".

Seriously I agree with the previous commenters and leave it as is. Since time immemorial man has been used generically as well as to specify males. When the Good Book says God made 'man' in His own image, it continues with ; male and female He created them.

Leave it all alone. Period

Leave it be.