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

point. Airpoint.

I am of the belief, why change the title/rank for political correctness? Time & effort have been wasted countless times on meaningless tripe. Instead of wasting effort, spend productive & positive measures on training for enhancing personnel capabilities to defend our interests!

So do we now call them a Woperson? Feperson?

The "man" in "airman" is as gender neutral as the "man" in "mankind". If we are going to be so pedantic, let's consider removing the "man" from "woman" and the "male" from "female" ... mmm, perhaps not such a good idea.

Keep it just as it is. I am all for gender rights and equality but the words woman and women both have the words man and men in them and that doesn't take anything away from them. Traditions are important and should be considered before a constantly changing "political correctness".

There's really only two options:
- American Rage Machines
- Meat Servos
If we are going for accuracy: Shut Up and Color Specialists (SUACS), but that doesn't sound cool.

I think it should be left the way it is. Women are a part of the program and they should fit in and go by the same title as men do. That should not be considered discriminate or derogatory. That is just the way it is and everything doesn't have to be politically correct. I think time is more important than trying to figure something like this out. Man or men is found in women/woman and man/men. There shouldn't be a problem with it. I think there is a lot more problems facing our country than this. I think most women would agree with this too.

I served in the army. We're soldiers. Dating back to the dawn of ancient military formations, soldiers were males. I have always viewed the term as having a masculine connotation. That said, female soldiers are still soldiers, female marines are still marines, and female sailors are still sailors. So what if the term has a masculine connotation? It's because these professions have a masculine history. Airman is an entirely acceptable term for someone serving in the air force.

This wouldn't be such an issue if we spoke a language like Spanish or Italian, where there are very distinctly masculine or feminine words. If "the airman" were "el airman," it would be clear that it was the word that was masculine, not the individual in the uniform. (No, I'm not saying we should be speaking Spanish. I'm merely referencing a point.)

Air person

We do not have this problem in the Army. Soldiers are soldiers.