AMC removes code used to identify female flyers

Published March 14, 2023
By Tech. Sgt. Zachary Boyer
Air Mobility Command Public Affairs

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) —

In the summer of 2021, Lt. Col. Nicole Stenstad, 16th Airlift Squadron commander, while researching unconscious gender bias, came up with the idea to try and remove the G-code from Air Mobility Command flight authorizations.

Lt. Col. Nicole Stenstad, 16th Airlift Squadron commander, poses for a photo Feb. 3, 2023 at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. While researching unconscious gender bias, Stenstad came up with the idea to try and remove the G-code, a legacy marker once intended to secure appropriate lodging and readiness items for female crew members, from Air Mobility Command flight authorizations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dawn Weber)

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