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According to Air Force IG, Combat Control Selection Standards Not Lowered for First Woman

June 8, 2022Matt White
An Air Force Inspector General report found that officials did not lower standards Combat Control training, nor did they show preferential treatment to a woman closing in on becoming the first service’s first graduate of the arduous Combat Control pipeline. Photo by Johnny Saldivar

An Air Force Inspector General report found that officials did not lower standards Combat Control training, nor did they show preferential treatment to a woman closing in on becoming the first service’s first graduate of the arduous Combat Control pipeline. Photo by Johnny Saldivar

An Air Force captain closing in on becoming the first woman to qualify as one of the service’s special tactics operators received no preferential treatment as she advanced in the arduous combat control training pipeline in 2021, the Air Force inspector general found.


In a report released Tuesday, June 7, Air Force Inspector General Lt. Gen. Stephen L. Davis examined much of the woman’s experience in the famously difficult training pipeline, from her entry in 2018 to her abrupt decision to leave the training in early 2021. Davis also examined claims in a 13-point anonymous letter circulated in January in the secretive community with claims of special treatment.





Matt White
Matt White

Matt White is a former senior editor for Coffee or Die Magazine. He was a pararescueman in the Air Force and the Alaska Air National Guard for eight years and has more than a decade of experience in daily and magazine journalism.

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