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

Back the question - two choices : first choice is the first identifier in the "oath" "I" the second choice would be "warrior" if you don't fit, don't attempt to fit.

Airhead

I agree with SrA Nadine woman and female both have the words man and /or male.
I would leave it alone in this case.

We are all considered "mankind", just use that as a base.

Well we are all considered "Mankind". Use that as a base.

I attended university in the French speaking part of Switzerland in the mid 60`s before I joined the army. I had a French literature professor who was a Frenchman. He had seen action in the French Parachute Regiment in both Indochina and Algeria and was tough as nails. He was also married to a beautiful German professor. In one of his classes the subject of female liberation was broached and he had this to say on the subject, “A woman can be inferior to a man or she can be superior to a man but she can never be his equal.”

Airhead should do it!

I have no suggestions. It is a stupid exercise in navel gazing. The Navy is doing this with the traditional ratings and it sounds so stupid to hear. Concentrate on more important things.

Sky Warrior has a nice ring to it.

I agree with the majority of what's being said... Leave it as it is. I think there are much more important things to be worried about. If we're going to do anything to the ranks it should be aligning the titles to more closely match the other services. (Sgt, SSG, etc.)