What does the speaker think about the length of time a person has spent in the Air Force and about using the term "airmen"? What is their opinion on potential changes to the term?
The stars mean that he has been in the Air Force too long.   I have no idea what the people standing by me would say.   I suspect some would agree with me.  Also, you can just go with airmen.  I suspect however that the feminazis are trying to have that changed to airpersons or some other such nonsense.