New afi outlines dress, appearance air mobility command. The updates went into effect july, and included additional guidance for the wear of ribbons, the operational camouflage pattern and physical training gear, as well as adjusted grooming standards. Air force announced updates to air force instruction 362903, dress and personal appearance of air force personnel, july 16, 2018. Jul 16, 2018 the air force announced a series of uniform updates to air force instruction 362903, dress and personal appearance of air force personnel, effective july, 2018. By order of the secretary of the air force, this air force guidance memorandum immediately changes afi 362903, dress and personal appearance of air force personnel. These changes stemmed from the 100th air force uniform board, which incorporated direct feedback from airmen, said lt. Air force instruction 362903, retirees may wear the uniform as prescribed at date of retirement, or any of the uniforms authorized for activeduty personnel, including the dress uniforms. Air force instruction 362903 18 october 20 personnel dress and personal appearance of air force personnel compliance with this publication is mandatory accessibility. Publications and forms are available for downloading or ordering on the e. Aew and aegccs may publish supplements to afcenti 362903, with prior approval of afcentcc.
The uniforms of the united states air force are the standardized military uniforms worn by. Afi 362903, dress and personal appearance of air force personnel containing change 2 dated 28 may 08, is void and hereby rescinded as of the date of its issuance. Afcenta1 director is the lead for dress and appearance standards. Officer training school welcome guide airuniversity. The first air forcespecific blue dress uniform, introduced in 1949, was in shade 1683, also dubbed uxbridge blue after the former. Title 5 national guard employees are not authorized to wear military uniforms. Gina grosso, deputy chief of staff, manpower, personnel, and services. Air force updates to afi362903, dress and personal. View test prep afi 362903 aetc sup i, dress and appearance of air force personnel, 19 apr 12. Dress and grooming policy for hawaii national guard fulltime. Force food service uniforms refer to air force manual afman 34240. Dress, appearance standards updated shaw air force base. Dress and personal appearance updates announced hanscom.
Recommended dress and personal appearance policy changes are submitted for consideration by. Dress and personal appearance updates announced hanscom air. Jul 16, 2018 washington afns the air force announced a series of uniform updates to air force instruction 362903, dress and personal appearance of air force personnel, effective july, 2018. Afi, 18 july, incorporating change 4, 28 may and this supplement implements afi, dress and personal. Publications and forms are available on the epublishing website at.
Mainly because the source document, air force instruction 362903, dress and appearance of air force personnel, was outdated, ambiguous and inconsistent. Publications and forms are available for downloading or ordering on the epublishing website at. By order of the commander air force instruction 362903 air force rotc aetc afrotc supplement 25 february 2010 personnel dress and personal appearance of air force personnel compliance with this publication is mandatory accessibility. Secretary of the air force air force personnel air force instruction 362903 18 july 2011 incorporating change 1, 1 june 2012 personnel dress and personal appearance of compliance with this publication is mandatory accessibility. The af a1 deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services, af re chief of air force reserve, or ngbcf director, air national guard, as appropriate, makes the final determination on all recommendations to disapprove dress and appearance religious accommodation requests. Afi 362903, dress and personal appearance of air force. Dress and appearance air force requirement chapter 3, grooming and appearance standards tapered appearance, not to exceed 1. Rewrite of afi 362903, dress and personal appearance of air. Air force updates to afi362903, dress and personal appearance. The ocp will bring back air force heraldry with unit patches the ocp celebrates our joint warfighting excellence and close ties with the army air force ocp uniform guidance further official wear guidance will be available soon in afi 362903, dress and personal appearance. The air force announced a series of uniform updates to air force instruction 362903, dress and personal appearance of air force personnel, effective july, 2018. Jul 17, 2018 the air force announced a series of uniform updates to air force instruction 362903, dress and personal appearance of air force personnel, effective july, 2018.
Whenever the uniform is worn, it must be done in such a manner as to reflect credit. Publications and forms are available on the maxwell publications and. Uniform board dress and appearance changes, inclusion of wear. Rewrite of afi 362903, dress and personal appearance of. The publication was improperly routed and mistakenly failed to incorporate the provisions of afi 362903, change 1, dated 6 august 2007, into its publication. Airmen should also note that any dress and appearance standards not listed as explicitly authorized in afi 362903, or subsequent guidance updates, are. Afi 362903, dress and personal appearance of air force personnel containing. Afi 362903, dress and personal appearance of air force personnel, applies where dress and appearance standards are not specified in this document. Those words ring true today just as they did 16 years ago, however i think over the last few years weve struggled with one particular area of standards, dress and appearance. Air force guidance memorandum to afi 362903, dress and personal appearance of air force personnel.