AIR FORCE JUNIOR OFFICERS: CHANGING PRESTIGE AND CIVILIANIZATION

In: Armed forces & society: official journal of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society : an interdisciplinary journal, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 483-506

Abstract

'FLYING OFFICERS' OF THE US AIR FORCE HAVE BEEN, TRADITIONALLY, THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST PRESTIGE. RECENT INDICATIONS AMONG AIR FORCE JUNIOR OFFICERS SUGGEST THAT A NEW GROUP, BASED ON MANAGEMENT, IS EMERGING. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY IS TO DOCUMENT THE TREND OF DECLINING PRESTIGE OF FLYING OFFICERS, AND OFFICERS' GROWING ACCEPTANCE OF CIVILIAN IDENTITIES, VALUES AND NORMS.