As an ex recruiter I can say that there was always a push to recruit people from BAME backgrounds, and a desire to to try and get the population of the RAF closer to that of the UK in terms of gender, sexual orientation and ethnic background.
But there are hurdles to this, just like you can lead a horse to water but not make it drink, you can have all the recruting drives and roadshows you want, targeted at every minority, but if they don't want to join you can't force them.
Our dwindling number of locations doesn't always help recreuitment or retention either. The biggest Muslim populations in the UK are in the North West of England.... where does the RAF have no stations? How can those young adults see what we do and look at it as an attractive job?
You then have the perceived hostility toward Muslims to overcome - more than once I was asked by MUslim kids "Why do you only bomb Muslims?" Obviously we don't, but that is what is focussed on in the news and is what the radicals in their communities would like them to think.
As an organisation we have to do better, how we do it needs serious thought.