As an outcome of the 101st Air Force uniform board, Air Force women will be able to wear their hair in up to two braids or a single ponytail with bulk not exceeding the width of the head and length not extending below a horizontal line running between the top of each sleeve inseam at the under arm through the shoulder blades. In addition, women’s bangs may now touch their eyebrows, but not cover their eyes. These new changes will be effective upon publication of the new standards in Air Force Instruction 36-2903, Feb. 10, 2021.
U.S. Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt. Jaimee Freeman
Lt. Gen. Mary F. O’Brien, deputy chief of staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass stand in front of a group of female Airmen demonstrating the Air Force’s new hair policy for women in front of the Air Force Memorial, Jan. 24, 2021.
US Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Grant Langford
Maj. Megan Biles, Maj. Alea Nadeem, Lt. Col. Jessica Ruttenber, Lt. Col. Kathryn Gaetke and Lt. Col. Kimberly Smith pose for a photo during a photo shoot illustrating the Air Force’s new hair policy for women. The members of the Women’s Initiative TeamWIT were instrumental in bringing about the policy change.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Grant Langford
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFNS) — Reserve Airmen have been instrumental in helping bring about the first major change in the Air Force’s women’s hair policy since the late 1940s.
As an outcome of the 101st Air Force uniform board, Air Force women will be able to wear their hair in up to two braids or a single ponytail with bulk not exceeding the width of the head and length not extending below a horizontal line running between the top of each sleeve inseam at the under arm through the shoulder blades. In addition, women’s bangs may now touch their eyebrows, but not cover their eyes. These new changes will be effective upon publication of the new standards in Air Force Instruction 36-2903, Feb. 10, 2021.
U.S. Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt. Jaimee Freeman
Lt. Gen. Mary F. O’Brien, deputy chief of staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass stand in front of a group of female Airmen demonstrating the Air Force’s new hair policy for women in front of the Air Force Memorial, Jan. 24, 2021.
Maj. Megan Biles, Maj. Alea Nadeem, Lt. Col. Jessica Ruttenber, Lt. Col. Kathryn Gaetke and Lt. Col. Kimberly Smith pose for a photo during a photo shoot illustrating the Air Force’s new hair policy for women. The members of the Women’s Initiative TeamWIT were instrumental in bringing about the policy change.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Grant Langford
