The U.S. Air Force has added several medical conditions to its waiver program, a move that is expected to open career opportunities to hundreds of new recruits each year, the service said this week.

The recent opening of a medical care facility at Chabelley Airfield in Djibouti is the latest sign the U.S. military is putting down permanent roots at the remote site, which plays a role in ...

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — In a dynamic display of joint medical readiness, Army Reserve Soldiers and U.S. Air Force personnel teamed up during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2025 to test large-scale ...

The Air Force will soon require airmen and Space Force guardians with medical profiles for shaving to be evaluated every year by a healthcare professional to renew their waivers, according to an Air ...

Air Force officials at Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina fired two commanders and reassigned one senior enlisted leader from a medical group at the base. Col. Anadis Collado, the 628th Group ...

Shaving waivers for medical conditions have skyrocketed for Air Force airmen and Space Force Guardians over the past three years, allowing more service members to grow beards, according to service ...

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Corey Armstrong listens to a briefing about the new shaving waiver guidance at RAF Mildenhall, England. (Senior Airman Christopher Campbell/U.S. Air Force) The U.S. Air ...

The commanding officer of an Air Force medical group at Joint Base Charleston has been relieved and the unit’s senior enlisted advisor reassigned while the commander of a squadron within the group was ...