By Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News (TNS)

The United States Air Force has issued new grooming mandates for enlistees wanting to wear facial hair.

Among the matters it addressed are the length of an airmen’s mustaches and sideburns, according to Task & Purpose.

“The new guidance mandates that sideburns must be above the ear opening and that mustaches are prohibited from going beyond the corners of the mouth or into a respirator seal zone,” an Air Force spokesperson told the military publication Monday.

A memo detailing Air Force grooming standards was reportedly issued last week. It requires service members who choose to wear mustaches to keep them shorter than what was previously necessary. Mustaches must also match its wearer’s natural hair color.

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