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DAFI 36-2903 — Dress and Personal Appearance of Department of the Air Force Personnel

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A Guidance Memorandum dated 2026-02-19 modifies this publication.
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BranchU.S. Air Force
SeriesDAFI
Publication date2024-02-29 (2.5 years ago)
StatusCurrent
Proponent / OPRAF/A1
Source of recordAF e-Publishing

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Who this publication applies to

This publication applies to Department of the Air Force civilian and contract employees and uniformed members of the United States Space Force (USSF), the Regular Air Force (RegAF), the Air Force Reserve (ResAF), and the Air National Guard (ANG) and retired and separated personnel. In collaboration with the Chief of Air Force Reserve (AF/RE), Director of the Air National Guard (NGB/CF), Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Human Capital (SF/S1), the De puty Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel, and Services (AF/A1) develops personnel guidance for dress and personal appearance programs. This instruction applies to USSF members unless and until separate service guidance is published. In this event, USSF guidance shall prevail in application to the USSF.
— DAFI 36-2903, paragraph 9.12.2.18 (cont.), p.13, quoted from the official PDF

If DAFI 36-2903 changes, who else is affected

Functional communityPublicationsWhich ones
Chaplain2AFI 52-101, DAFI 52-201
Law2DAFI 51-508, DAFI 51-101
Services2DAFI 34-114, DAFI 34-160
Financial Management1DAFMAN 65-605V1
Flying Operations1DAFMAN 11-402
Materiel Management1DAFMAN 23-300 ACC Sup
Security Forces1DAFI 31-131

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