For the first time, the Air Force is allowing female airmen to wear pants instead of the traditional floor-length A-line skirt with their mess dress uniforms. The exception-to-policy memorandum ...

Aug. 4 (UPI) --The Air Force announced Tuesday that it will now allow women to wear pants with their mess dress uniform.The service said in a press release that the policy change stemmed from ...

The Air Force announced Aug. 4 that women no longer have to wear floor-length skirts with their mess dress uniforms, and can instead wear slacks or regular-length skirts.

New dress and appearance changes are expected to be released in early October upon the updated publication of Air Force Instruction 36-2903, Dress ... women’s mess dress slacks will provide Air ...

Women’s Mess Dress Slacks The new women’s mess dress slacks will provide Air Force women an option in addition to the current mess dress skirt and men’s mess dress trousers.

One of the primary reasons the Air Force has been on the leading edge of uniform changes for women is demographic: The service has the largest percentage of women in the ranks at 21%.

The revised dress and appearance standards will take effect with the next update to Air Force Instruction 36-2903, which is slated to be published in February, the Air Force said. “This decision ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Air Force launched a new crowdsourcing campaign to solicit ideas for dress and appearance improvements on the Air Force Ideation Platform, IdeaScale.

For the first time, the Air Force is allowing female airmen to wear pants instead of the traditional floor-length A-line skirt with their mess dress uniforms. The exception-to-policy memorandum ...