Airmen at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia who have skin conditions that make shaving painful are in for a world of hurt, since a base leader is requiring airmen with a shaving waiver to show up to work ...

Medical shaving waivers for thousands of airmen and Space Force Guardians will be reset and reevaluated, according to new Department of the Air Force memos, marking one of several new changes as the ...

Big news today for the many airmen out there who want to grow out their beards: not only is there little evidence showing that beards interfere with a gas mask seal, but the Air Force’s ban on beards ...

A document posted on Reddit shows the flow chart the Air Force uses to help determine if airmen and Space Force guardians should receive shaving waivers. The Department of the Air Force’s process for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a year should get kicked out of the service. While ...

Airmen who receive waivers from the Air Force to grow beards due to a skin condition that worsens with shaving experience significant delays in promotion compared to their beardless counterparts, a ...

This article by David Roza originally appeared on Task & Purpose, a digital news and culture publication dedicated to military and veterans issues. Many airmen with shaving profiles said that the ...

The Air Force just made it a little easier for you to let your hair down. In a Sept. 15 update to dress and appearance regulations, the Air Force outlined four changes to the rules governing how ...