The Air Force Surgeon General’s office announced that all medical shaving waivers issued prior to March 1, 2025, will expire ...

Air Force and Space Force commanders have the final approval authority for medical shaving waivers, the Air Force has ...

Service members across multiple branches are being provided new grooming guidelines ahead of their implementation in 2026.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Corey Armstrong, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels superintendent, listens to a briefing ...

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 ...

Airmen who previously would have been disqualified for certain medical conditions are now eligible to join with medical waivers. (U.S. Air Force) The Air Force has expanded medical waivers to cover ...

The Air Force anticipated only 50 cases annually when it announced a new pilot program last year that would allow some applicants who drug-tested positive for THC, the active compound in marijuana, a ...

Officials at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., are investigating a claim made by an airman that he was denied a job because he is Black with a medical waiver to forgo shaving daily. The 56th Fighter Wing at ...

The U.S. Air Force is making changes to waiver policies to increase recruitment. The waiver adjustments will focus on several health matters, which should result in a greater number of applicants ...