{"id":30832,"date":"2022-02-23T21:37:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T21:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/02\/23\/air-force-officers-sue-over-religious-exemption-denials\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:55:48","slug":"air-force-officers-sue-over-religious-exemption-denials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/02\/23\/air-force-officers-sue-over-religious-exemption-denials\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force officers sue over religious exemption denials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TOLEDO, OHIO \u2014 A dozen Air Force officers have filed a lawsuit against the federal government after the military denied their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/02\/08\/air-force-approves-first-religious-exemptions-to-covid-19-vaccine-for-9-troops\/\" target=\"_blank\">religious exemptions<\/a> to the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The officers, mostly from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, along with a handful of airmen and reservists, accused the Air Force of using a double standard when approving the requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/02\/16\/judge-temporarily-exempts-air-force-officer-from-vaccine-mandate-in-religious-freedom-case\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1000w_q95-11-1.jpg-1.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Judge temporarily exempts Air Force officer from vaccine mandate in religious freedom case<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The order from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia marks the first time a court has barred the Air Force from enforcing its mandate for a service member.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force, according to the lawsuit filed last week, had allowed more than 3,000&nbsp;medical and administrative exemptions&nbsp;but only nine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/10\/18\/troops-opposed-to-the-covid-19-vax-can-get-a-waiver-but-theyre-rare\/\" target=\"_blank\">religious exemptions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe granting of more than one thousand medical and administrative exemptions belies any assertion that vaccination is mission-critical and that no exemptions can be granted,\u201d the lawsuit said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A message seeking comment on the lawsuit was left with an Air Force spokesperson Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and military leaders have said&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2021\/Aug\/25\/2002838826\/-1\/-1\/0\/MEMORANDUM-FOR-MANDATORY-COR[%E2%80%A6]019-VACCINATION-OF-DEPARTMENT-OF-DEFENSE-SERVICE-MEMBERS.PDF\">the vaccine is critical<\/a>&nbsp;to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/11\/02\/ops-readiness-concerns-loom-over-militarys-covid-19-vaccination-deadlines\/\" target=\"_blank\">maintaining military readiness<\/a> and the health of the force. 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