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The Air Force Inspection System: ‘Embrace the red’
October 5, 2017 — Many of us who have been in the military for a few years remember the days of the past when the image of the inspector and the inspection he or she conducted evoked a sense of fear and loathing. Airmen viewed the inspector as a person with a black hat and a quota. In order to get through the inspection, we would clean, polish, or paint over any imperfection in hope that inspectors would over-look the deficient areas. ... MORE

The Air Force Inspection System places more control and responsibility in the hands of the squadron, group and wing commander and places the weight of inspections on the Wing Inspector General.