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Airman 1st Class Sunjit Rathour was the first Sikh airman to receive a religious accommodation, and may grow his beard and wear his turban while in uniform. A policy-focused team within the Air Force is considering the merits of a pilot program to study beard wear. (Alexander Goad/Air Force)

Air Force may temporarily allow beards, in the name of research

The idea would let participating airmen sport well-kept beards no longer than one-quarter inch.

By Rachel S. Cohen

20 months ago

None of the US Air Force’s linguists spoke Ukrainian. Then Russia invaded.

Air Force linguists scrambled to keep up through the Afghanistan withdrawal and, now, the war in Ukraine.

By Rachel S. Cohen

22 months ago

Best pics of the week: Dec. 6, 2020

An M1 Abrams at Grafenwoehr, recruits on the Confidence Course in San Diego, an F-16 over the CENTCOM area of responsibility and more in this week's Frontline Photos.

3 years ago

Are the schools that get the most GI Bill money spending the least on teaching?

The three schools receiving the most GI Bill money nationwide from fiscal year 2009 through fiscal year 2017 – University of Phoenix, DeVry University and Strayer University, all of which are for-profit schools – spent only 15.3 percent, 12.4 percent and 10.9 percent respectively of their overall revenue on instruction in 2017.

By Joshua Axelrod

5 years ago

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