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Military Demographics

Military Demographics

The following Air Force active-duty demographics information is current as of 30 June, 2012. The statistics do not include the Guard, Reserve or U.S. Air Force Academy cadets (approximately 4,000).

Snapshot of the Air Force

329,293 Active Duty
- 64,959 Officers
- 264,334 Enlisted

Age

35 average age of the officer force
29 average age for enlisted force
38% are below the age of 26
44% of enlisted are below 26
14% 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
19.0% of the officers are women and
18.9% 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
62,379 total population of women
703 female pilots; 263 navigators; 202 air battle managers

Race

The following percentages, which are self-reported, cover Air Force military members' racial information.

73% White
14% Black or African American
2.9% Asian
0.7% American Indian / Native Alaskan
1.1% Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander
2.8% 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.

11.9% Hispanic or Latino
84.4% Not Hispanic or Latino
3.7% Declined to respond

Marital Status

58% married, which is 70% of the officers and 55% of enlisted
31,347 active duty members married to another active duty member
1,297 married to members of other military services
154,639 active duty members married to other (non military)
134 active duty members married to reserve/guard other service
4,494 active duty married to USAFR/ANG
137,382 active duty members are not married

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% advanced
46.6% master's
10.0% professional
1.6% doctorate

Company Grade Officers

32.7% advanced
25.3% master's
7.0% professional
0.4% doctorate

Field Grade Officers

88.8% advanced
72.8% master's
12.9% professional
3.1% doctorate

Enlisted academic education

67.7% some college
20.9% associate's
6.5% bachelor's
1.1% master's
0.008% professional

Airmen Tier

84.40% some college
4.075% associate's
3.040% bachelor's
0.047% master's degree
0.001% professional

NCO Tier

64.50% some college
29.250% associate's
5.475% bachelor's
0.672% master's
0.007% professional

Senior NCO Tier

19.73% some college
52.228% associate's
21.818% bachelor's
6.175% master's
0.035% professional

Officer Developmental Education

81.74% of officers have completed one or more developmental education courses either in residence or by correspondence
9,010 have completed at least one senior developmental course
14,692 have completed an intermediate course
29,398 have completed basic developmental course

Source of commission

42.4% commissioned through Reserve Officer Training Corps
22.8% commissioned through the Air Force Academy
17.4% commissioned through Officer Training School
17.3% commissioned through other sources (direct appointment, etc.)

Civilian Demographics

DAF Civilian Workforce

142,536 USPFT Employees
5,159 U.S. Citizen Temp or Term (UST/T) Employees
1,482 U.S. Citizen Part Time, Intermittent (US Other) Employees
1,696 LWOP > 30 days, Furlough, or Suspended (LWOP/FURL/SUSP) Employees
24,230 Non-Appropriated Funds (NAF) Employees
12,899 Local Nationals (LN)

The following demographics are for Air Force civilian employees paid from Congressionally-mandated appropriated funds (APF)* and is current as of June 30, 2012. All information below represents the USPFT population only.

Type of Work