the service said it awarded a contract for thousands of sets of body armor specifically designed to fit its female security forces airmen, with the aim of downsizing field gear for those guarding bases worldwide
Don’t know how credible this fact check site is, but it goes against what Xidan said about how the maternity flight suits were done by his administration.
It seems Xidan is taking credit for the women’s new flight suits & body armor gear (body armor designed to fit its female security forces airmen).
Military started looking into maternity flight suits & female body armor as early as 2019, not under Xidan administration.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/24/air-force-takes-first-step-buy- maternity-flight-suits.html
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/04/21/air-force-mission-fix-its-uniforms.html
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/17/female-security-forces-airmen-are-about-get-body-armor-fits-them.html
Don’t know how credible this fact check site is, but it goes against what Xidan said about how the maternity flight suits were done by his administration.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/10/blog-posting/air-force-introduced-maternity-flight-duty-uniform/