In 2018, Captain Maysaa Ouza, a lawyer who wanted to join the Air Force, was conflicted. As a Muslim American, she wears a hijab, a religious veil that covers her hair.

The Air Force is first in many things, but in this case the branch came in second to the Army, which in 2017 became the first military branch to grant religious exemptions for beards, turbans and ...

The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a hearing on the religious climate at the U.S. Air Force Academy following the release of two reports addressing the issue on ...

Previously, Sikhs and Muslims serving in the Air Force individually requested religious accommodations that were granted on a case-by-case basis, but the approval process could be lengthy.

The U.S. Air Force granted its first religious accommodation to a Sikh active-duty airman to serve with a turban, beard, and unshorn hair. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Sikh ...

Unfortunately, the Air Force's whiteboard whitewashing isn't the first prohibition of religious expression in U.S. military circles. There have been many others since our current president took ...

Air Force officials say they will continue and expand a new training program at the academy designed to increase sensitivity to issues of religious diversity among students, faculty and staff members.