Re: Pakistan Airforce Crackdown on Beards (merged)
If the article is true, it does clearly mention that the bearded pilot returned from an advanced fighter training course in the USA when asked to shave.
One would assume that such a course would involve flying a US military plane in the USA … and presumably the US Air Force would have had no problem with the beard.
On the other hand, the source of the article is still suspect. The Herald’s website for March 06 makes no reference to such an article, which one would assume would be big news in Pakistan given the amount of sensitivity about a) religion and b) the military.