The Air Force did approve early retirement for more senior service members who self-identified as transgender and had between 18 and 20 years of service.

The US Air Force will deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service amid President Donald Trump policies.

The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service. Instead, they are being separated without retirement benefits.

The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service.

The Air Force said a dozen transgender members who applied for early retirement were told 'prematurely' that they were approved.

The Air Force, however, approved early retirement for self-identifying transgender service members with 18-20 years of honorable service.

An Air Force spokesperson told The Associated Press that “although service members with 15 to 18 years of honorable service were permitted to apply for an exception to policy, none of the ...

The U.S. Air Force said it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits.