U.S. Air Force Airman has an excessive amount of tattoos on his arms Aug. 31, 2011, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The new Air Force Instruction 36-2903, which was revised July 18, 2011, states ...

Since then, tattoos have continued to grow in popularity, to the point where Thomas said the Air Force was losing 1,000 recruits a year “in some cases because they may have had very small ...

The Space Force will permit small neck tattoos, and the Air Force is waiving some size limits on hand tattoos, according to an Air Force Recruiting Service memo leaked recently on the popular ...

Punishment for what the Air Force now defines as “excessive tattoos” can range from modest to, well, nearly thermonuclear. But buried in the fine print is something worth noting: taxpayers ...

The Air Force and Space Force announced they had hit their recruiting targets shortly after the Navy and the Army had reached ...

The revelation that the Air Force may tweak its tattoo policy this fall has airmen divided. Some favor the Army's plan. Others favor the leniency recently granted to sailors by the Navy's plan. A ...

The US Air Force is revamping its restrictions on tattoos to open the door to more recruits who would otherwise be barred from service because of their body ink.

The Air Force and Space Force are now allowing tattoos on the neck and hands, ... The struggle to find new recruits from that small pool was felt by the Air Force last year. Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, ...

The US Air Force is revamping its restrictions on tattoos to open the door to more recruits who would otherwise be barred from service because of their body ink.

WASHINGTON – The Air Force has announced new policies on tattoos. Authorized tattoos on the chest, back, arms and legs will no longer be restricted by the “25 percent” rule, while tattoos ...

On Wednesday, the new Air Force policy on tattoos became official. The new requirements include doing away with the “25 percent” rule for tattoos on the chest, back, arms and legs. The rule ...

The U.S. Air Force is easing up on its conservative tattoo policy in the hope of recruiting more inked pilots. The new, more relaxed guidelines ditch the force’s old 25% rule, which banned ta… ...