USAF Uniform Board - Aim High (with Crack!)

[dtfl]

Actually....go to a Star Wars site and look at the Officer uniforms from the Death Star. THAT is what they look like....and all of those were patterned after WWI Army uniforms.

 

[Afterprop]

So sad and pathetic, a complete waste of time and energy -- resources we don't have . . . misguided direction during a time of war. O, and let's cut some more bone and muscle (pending personnel cuts). Where is the focus today . . . surely it doesn't seem to be on an enemy who is intent in destroying us and our way of life. Aaaah . . . , I'm probably not smart enough to see the focus if it hit me between the eyes. Wonder when the last time the Marines changed their uniforms, not counting the BDUs they use now . . .

D@mn glad I'm retired . . . but then some of you are glad I retired, too.

To those of you still serving, I thank God each and every day for your sacrifices and service. Be safe / be deadly. Godspeed.

 

[Don Q]

On one note,

Can you imagine any overweight Guard member trying to put on that belt?
They don't make belts that big...

 

[bssthound]

Can you imagine any overweight Guard member trying to put on that belt?

Hey, why're you excluding us Reservists?!?!

 

[RVSM]

More money wasting. We should have gone with the Army's new uniform and been done with it. The ABUs don't have enough pockets and the ones they have are in the wrong place and then there is the pattern that stands out and says "HEY! HERE I AM! SHOOT ME! SHOOT ME! I'M IMPORTANT."
The point is to try not to look important, it draws fire.
Not all AF types spend our days inside the wire.

 

[RVSM]

Mod please delete

 

[KC-10 Driver]

And I just recently bought the "new" uniform (new about 10 years ago...)! I WILL NOT buy this uniform.

Those pictures make McPeak's changes look like minor alterations.

 

[Deuce130]

More money wasting. We should have gone with the Army's new uniform and been done with it. The ABUs don't have enough pockets and the ones they have are in the wrong place and then there is the pattern that stands out and says "HEY! HERE I AM! SHOOT ME! SHOOT ME! I'M IMPORTANT."
The point is to try not to look important, it draws fire.
Not all AF types spend our days inside the wire.

You think we should have the Army's bdu's for our service dress? That'd look funny.

 

[Phrogboy]

You know what they are missing? Real FUR collars and cuffs. Now that would be make em' look good. Maybe even fur caps. What the heck, if you are going to spend money, lets really spend money....

Think we could get them through the system then?

 

[dtfl]

Hey, why're you excluding us Reservists?!?!

You mean the Hurricane Hunters...I hear the rest of us have to wear them.

Couldn't resist ;-)

 

[bssthound]

dtfl noted

You mean the Hurricane Hunters...I hear the rest of us have to wear them.

True. There's a special Congressional line item to have ours specially tailored by Brioni, made of 100% cashmere with a special 7-fold scarf to match. Each of us will have three uniforms, one for wear at Keesler, one with a very subtle flower pattern for deployments to Hawaii, and a tropical weight uniform for St. Croix deployments. Gotta look our best for the Discovery Channel!! Oh, and did I mention that we'll each have a specially made pair of Lucchese alligator boots.

 

[Huggyu2]

I'm all for the boots!

 

[PHX767]

This is worse than the McPeak ice cream suit of the 80's.

 

[71KILO]

Yikes

I like 'em...

NOT! What a colassal waste of time and money. I'd bet even McPeak is laughing out loud. That one pilot general with the DFC better feel like a complete dufass and retire. He probably wasn't a bad guy right up until he agreed to pose for that train wreck in blue. Someone earlier wrote that the CSAF was pissed the pics got out, I read in AF Times he was the one that ordered the uniform ideas to get back to our roots and to look more military versus a business suit with ribbons. The USAF tradition is to change the uniform every 10 years. Just because I don't wear blues ever doesn't mean I still wouldn't be embarassed as hell by those insane ideas.

There is an important lesson to be learned here: Always be the one taking the pictures and never the one in the pictures.

 

[71KILO]

This is worse than the McPeak ice cream suit of the 80's.

The McPeak suits came out in circa 1992. Thank God Fogelman killed them in circa 1995. The gay a$$ fag bags disapeared sooner than that.

 

[RVSM]

You think we should have the Army's bdu's for our service dress? That'd look funny.

No the duty uniform for non aircrew. Sorry for the confusion. A little venting on my part regarding the blue tiger stripe uniform in the pipeline.

 

[414Flyer]

The McPeak suits came out in circa 1992. Thank God Fogelman killed them in circa 1995. The gay a$$ fag bags disapeared sooner than that.

I remember seeing a pic of Fogleman and McPeak together in Vietnam, when they were both flying fighters there. Funny how things happen later on.

Now if there was just SAC and TAC again : )

 

[Herk Pilot]

The last time we changed the uniform was so that airmen would "save" money in the long run. I'd like to see how they work that into this new lineup!!???!!!

On a separate note... let's see what it looks like on a fat guy/girl!! Oh man, that'd be real fugly!!!!

 

[talondriver]

Personally, I like the idea of looking at our heritage to come up with a new uniform. The problem is it's "another" new uniform. The leadership needs to frickin' pick one and let it be for 200 years. We need to start somewhere.

If you're in the Air Force and really really hate whatever they select, you'll get one anyways when the need arrives. I'd like to think you'll get it because you're a professional military officer and not a pilot that just happens to be in the Air Force...especially you wannabee AF pilots.

If you're offended by this, blame it on my brief joint experience. We (USAF) can't even figure out what type of hat to wear with the DCU/flightsuit!!!