Snapshot of the Air Force
- 365,377 individuals are on active duty
-- 73,451 officers and 291,926 enlisted personnel
- The Air Force has 13,754 pilots, 4,594 navigators, 1,299 air battle managers and 36,684 non-rated line officers in the grades of lieutenant colonel and below
Age
- The average age of the officer force is 35; for the enlisted force it's 29
- Of the force, 40.6 percent are below the age of 26
-- 47.5 percent of enlisted are below 26 versus 13.4 percent of officers
Sex
- 19.6 percent of the force are women
-- 18.4 percent of the officers are women and 19.9 percent of the enlisted corps are women
-- 60.8 percent of the female officers are line officers; 39.2 percent are non-line
-- 85.2 percent of the male officers are line officers; 14.8 percent are non-line
- The population of women is 71,655
- Women first began entering pilot training in 1976, fighter pilot training in July 1993 and navigator training in 1977
-- Currently there are 562 (4.1 percent) female pilots and 211 (4.6 percent) female navigators