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Military Demographics
The following Air Force active-duty demographics information is current as of 31 Dec 2012. The statistics do not include the Guard, Reserve or U.S. Air Force Academy cadets (approximately 4,000).
Snapshot of the Air Force
- 328,778 Active Duty
- 64,380 Officers
- 264,398 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
- 19.3% of the officers are women and
- 18.8% 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
- 62,112 total population of women
- 723 female pilots; 272 navigators; 205 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
- 3.0% Asian
- 0.7% American Indian / Native Alaskan
- 1.1% Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander
- 3.0% 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.
- 12.2% Hispanic or Latino
- 84.2% Not Hispanic or Latino
- 3.8% Declined to respond
Marital Status
- 58% married, which is 71% of the officers and 55% of enlisted
- 30,538 active duty members married to another active duty member
- 1,340 married to members of other military services
- 153,880 active duty members married to other (non military)
- 127 active duty members married to reserve/guard other service
- 4,849 active duty married to USAFR/ANG
- 138,044 active duty members are not married
Officer academic education
- 59.1% of officers have advanced or professional degrees
- 47.4% have master's degrees
- 10.0% have professional degrees
- 1.7% have doctorate degrees
Company Grade Officers
- 33.7% of company grade officers have advanced degrees
- 25.7% have master's degrees
- 7.6% have professional degrees
- 0.4% have doctorate degrees
Field Grade Officers
- 89.7% of field grade officers have advanced degrees
- 74.3% have master's degrees
- 12.3% have professional degrees
- 3.1% have doctorate degrees
Enlisted academic education
- 66.5% some college
- 21.3% have associate's degrees
- 6.7% have bachelor's degrees
- 1.2% have master's degree
- 0.009% have professional degrees
Airmen Tier
- 83.05% some college
- 4.304% have associate's degrees
- 3.152% have bachelor's degrees
- 0.052% have master's degree
- 0.001% have professional degrees
NCO Tier
- 63.05% some college
- 30.300% have associate's degrees
- 5.823% have bachelor's degrees
- 0.709% have master's degree
- 0.006% have professional degrees
Senior NCO Tier
- 19.28% some college
- 51.987% have associate's degrees
- 22.138% have bachelor's degrees
- 6.541% have master's degree
- 0.044% have professional degrees
Officer Developmental Education
- 80.01% of officers have completed one or more developmental education courses either in residence or by correspondence
- 9,137 have completed at least one senior developmental course
- 14,515 have completed an intermediate course
- 27,859 have completed basic developmental course
Source of commission
- 43.1% commissioned through Reserve Officer Training Corps
- 22.3% commissioned through the Air Force Academy
- 17.4% commissioned through Officer Training School
- 17.2% commissioned through other sources (direct appointment, etc.)
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DAF Civilian Workforce
- 143,229 USPFT Employees
- 4,223 U.S. Citizen Temp or Term (UST/T) Employees
- 1,142 U.S. Citizen Part Time, Intermittent (US Other) Employees
- 1,465 LWOP > 30 days, Furlough, or Suspended (LWOP/FURL/SUSP) Employees
- 22,892 Non-Appropriated Funds (NAF) Employees
- 12,723 Local Nationals (LN)
The following demographics are for Air Force civilian employees paid from Congressionally-mandated appropriated funds (APF)* and is current as of Dec 31, 2012. All information below represents the USPFT population only.
Type of Work
- 19.9% Professional
- 37.4% Administrative
- 12.8% Technical
- 4.4% Clerical
- 3% Other
- 22.6% Blue Collar
Air Reserve Technicians
- 10,351 Air Force Reserve Technicians
Age
Length of Service
- Average Years of Service: 14.3
Retirement Eligibility (USPFT)
- 20.6% Become eligible in over 20 years
- 30.7% Become eligible in 11-20 years
- 19.1% Become eligible in 6-10 years
- 17.9% Become eligible in 1-5 years
- 9.4% Became eligible 0-5 years ago
- 2.3% Became eligible over 5 years ago
Gender
Ethnicity
- 7% Hispanic or Latino
- 93% Not Hispanic/Latino
Race
- 1.1% 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
- 1.4% Two or more races
- 5.3% None reported
Overseas
- 3.8% Overseas
- 96.2% CONUS
Military Service
- 5.3% Retired Officer
- 20.5% Retired Enlisted
- 31.2% Some Military Service (Not Retired)
- 43% No Military Service
Education (White Collar)
- 0.2% Unknown Education Level
- 0.1% < H.S./GED
- 24.6% H.S./GED
- 19.1% AA/Some College
- 28.5% BA
- 25.2% MA
- 2.4% PhD/Professional Degree
Education (Blue Collar)
- 0.4% Unknown Education Level
- 0.7% < H.S./GED
- 70.5% H.S./GED
- 23.4% AA/Some College
- 4.6% BA
- 0.5% MA
- < .1% PhD/Professional Degree
Developmental Education (Detail)
- 2,894 Completed Senior Service School
- 5,035 Completed Intermediate Service School
- 5,108 Completed Squadron Officer School
Executive-Level Training (Summary)
- 297 Completed Executive-Level Training
Executive-Level Training (Detail)
- 24 Completed Congressional Fellowship Program
- 256 Completed Executive and Senior Exec Leadership
- 19 Completed Public Administration Graduate School
- 6 Completed Management Graduate School
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