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Military Demographics
The following Air Force active-duty demographics information is current as of 29 February, 2012. The statistics do not include the U.S. Air Force Academy cadets (approximately 4,000) or Guard and Reserve.
Snapshot of the Air Force
- 328,871 active duty
- 64,279 officers
- 264,592 enlisted
Age
- 35 average age of the officer force
- 28 average age for enlisted Airmen
- 38% are below the age of 26
- 44% of enlisted Airmen are below 26
- 13% of officers are below 26
Gender
Women first entered pilot training in 1976, navigator training in 1977 and fighter pilot training in 1993.
- 18.9% women
- 18.9% of the officers are women and
- 19.0% of enlisted corps are women
- 55% of the female officers are line officers; 45% are nonline
- 85% of the male officers are line officers; 15% are nonline
- 62,296 total population of women
- 720 female pilots; 265 navigators; 194 air battle managers
Race
The following percentages, which are self-reported, cover Air Force military members' racial information.
- 74% White
- 14% Black or African American
- 2.9% Asian
- 0.7% American Indian / Native Alaskan
- 1.1% Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander
- 2.7% identified more than one race
- 4.8% declined to respond
Ethnicity
"Hispanic or Latino" is considered an ethnic, not a racial, category that is registered separately and in addition to the above racial categories.
- 11.7% Hispanic or Latino
- 84.6% not Hispanic or Latino
- 3.7% declined to respond
Marital Status
- 58% married, which is 71% of the officers and 55% of enlisted Airmen
- 31,176 active duty members married to another active duty member
- 1,296 married to members of other military services
- 154,818 active duty members married to other (non military)
- 136 active duty members married to reserve/guard other service
- 4,919 active duty married to USAFR/ANG
- 136,526 active duty members are not married
Family Members
- 443,217 active duty members support family members
- 344,531 family members reside in an Airman's household
- 20.6% of the current force is assigned overseas (including Alaska and Hawaii), which includes 9,410 officers and 58,193 enlisted personnel
Total active federal military service
- 11 years is the average total active federal military service
- 8 years for enlisted Airmen
Officer academic education
- 58.2% of officers have advanced or professional degrees
- 46.5% masters
- 10.0% professional
- 1.6% doctorate
Company Grade Officers
- 32.8% advanced degrees
- 24.8% masters
- 7.5% professional
- 0.4% doctorate
Field Grade Officers
- 88.5% advanced degree
- 73.0% masters
- 12.4% professional
- 3.1% doctorate
Enlisted academic education
- 67.6% some college
- 20.6% associate
- 6.1% bachelor
- 1.0% masters
- 0.008% professional
Airmen Tier
- 83.11% some college
- 4.0% associate
- 2.8% bachelor
- 0.037% masters
- 0.001% professional
NCO Tier
- 65.2% some college
- 28.9% associate
- 5.1% bachelor
- 0.66% masters
- 0.007% professional
Senior NCO Tier
- 21.0% some college
- 52.0% associate
- 21.1% bachelor
- 5.80% masters
- 0.038% professional
Officer Developmental Education
- 84.00% of officers completed one or more developmental education courses either in residence or by correspondence
- 8,662 completed at least one senior developmental course
- 14,848 completed an intermediate course
- 30,485 completed basic developmental course
Source of commission
- 42.9% commissioned through Reserve Officer Training Corps
- 22.0% commissoined through the Air Force Academy
- 17.8% commissioned through Officer Training School
- 17.2% commissioned through other sources (direct appointment, etc.)
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DAF Civilian Workforce
- 144,338 USPFT Employees
- 4,529 U.S. Citizen Temp or Term (UST/T) Employees
- 1,422 U.S. Citizen Part Time, Intermittent (US Other) Employees
- 1,660 LWOP > 30 days, Furlough, or Suspended (LWOP/FURL/SUSP) Employees
- 23,222 Non-Appropriated Funds (NAF) Employees
- 12,881 Local Nationals (LN)
The following demographics are for Air Force civilian employees paid from Congressionally-mandated appropriated funds (APF)* and is current as of March 31, 2012. All information below represents the USPFT population only.
Type of Work
- 19.6% Professional
- 37.2% Administrative
- 13.1% Technical
- 4.3% Clerical
- 3% Other
- 22.7% Blue Collar
Air Reserve Technicians
- 9,927 Air Force Reserve Technicians
Age
Length of Service
- Average Years of Service: 14.4
Retirement Eligibility (USPFT)
- 20.3% Become eligible in over 20 years
- 30.9% Become eligible in 11-20 years
- 18.7% Become eligible in 6-10 years
- 17.7% Become eligible in 1-5 years
- 9.9% Became eligible 0-5 years ago
- 2.4% Became eligible over 5 years ago
Gender
Ethnicity
- 7% Hispanic or Latino
- 93% Not Hispanic/Latino
Race
- 1.2% American Indian or Alaska Native
- 3.3% Asian
- 12.7% Black or African American
- 0.4% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
- 75.7% White
- 1.3% Two or more races
- 5.5% None reported
Overseas
- 3.7% Overseas
- 96.3% CONUS
Military Service
- 5.1% Retired Officer
- 20.1% Retired Enlisted
- < .1% Retired Warrant Officer
- 31.1% Some Military Service (Not Retired)
- 43.7% No Military Service
Education (White Collar)
- 0.2% Unknown Education Level
- 0.1% < H.S./GED
- 25% H.S./GED
- 19.8% AA/Some College
- 28.3% BA
- 24.3% MA
- 2.3% PhD/Professional Degree
Education (Blue Collar)
- 0.4% Unknown Education Level
- 0.8% < H.S./GED
- 70.2% H.S./GED
- 23.7% AA/Some College
- 4.4% BA
- 0.5% MA
- < .1% PhD/Professional Degree
Developmental Education (Detail)
- 2,918 Completed Senior Service School
- 4,950 Completed Intermediate Service School
- 5,045 Completed Squadron Officer School
Executive-Level Training (Summary)
- 307 Completed Executive-Level Training
Executive-Level Training (Detail)
- 26 Completed Congressional Fellowship Program
- 259 Completed Executive and Senior Exec Leadership
- 21 Completed Public Administration Graduate School
- 8 Completed Management Graduate School
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