 June 13, 2005: The U.S. Air Force received over 150,000 feedback responses to its proposed new work uniform. The troops didn't like the flashy blue and green tiger strop motif of the test uniform. | It screamed "Vietnam", and not in a good way. |
So the air force will do a field test of a more sedate tan, blue and gray camouflage pattern. The air force wants a camouflage pattern that will make air force personnel look like warriors, or something like that. | Disclosure notice, I retired as a MSgt after 24 years in the AF. I expect nothing less than a (cough) McPeak(cough) disaster. |
A secondary benefit is to make people, wearing the air force camouflage work uniform, harder to hit targets, in the off chance that hostile gunmen get on to an air force base. This has rarely happened in the last half century, but you never know, and it doesn't hurt to be prepared. The new camouflage uniform will be introduced in 2007, and take four or five years to completely replace the current uniforms, which look something like a soldier or marine might wear. The new uniform will unmistakably say, "Air Force." | We're getting leisure suits? |
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