New AirForce Uniforms?

[flickme]

I saw this pic on a airsoft sight and it kinda shocked me. Is this real? I havnt heard anything about it. But aparently they have gone to a tiger-stripish camo.Heres a link to some pics.

http://www.specwargear.com/images/BDU-air%20force%20camo%20shirt-1.jpg

[Haiw]

If only they had white hats to make the smurf look complete...

[flickme]

that doesnt really help. lol.

[Ratamacue]

It's a prototype being evaluated, intended mostly to provide a good work uniform for most of the people in the Air Force. There's no guarantee that the USAF will adopt it, and even if they do my guess is that AFSOC units will retain the current pattern.

[Chet Mystery]

yes, its real...

and since when is Spec War Gear an airsoft website?

[flickme]

I dont see the reasoning in this though. Why not just stick with the good ol' fashion US camo. If they do adopt it im sure AFSOC wont use it, at least i hope not.

[Fox2]

Forget AFSOC. Pilots are gonna hate it!

Edit: Well, okay, maybe I shouldn't make a judgement like that....But this pilot hates it! :P


Although some of the fighter jocks may find it highly fashionable. ;)

[flickme]

I know what u mean. I cant picture a US blackhawk pilot wearing this camo. Much less any AF pilot.

[cut]

aaarrrgghh! run away!

[EYE SPY]

stupid idea. hmm, what better way to let our enemy know which of our serivicemen are actually needed to maintain our strategic bombers and airlift personnel.

now, if only a member of al qaida had access to the internet, they would know not to waist ammunition and tactical surprise at mister woodland camo there, and go for sky blue tiger stripe airman john doe.

Another victory for the Chairborne Airforce commanders.

[FallenAngel]

Why are the faces blocked out?

I'm only asking because these were posted here months ago without the white blocks. OPSEC taken to an idiot's extreme :cantbeli:

[Nizark]

that blanking out of the face thing...geeze, annoying

[mocking_loudly_died]

They look fabulous! (insert high pitched camp voice)

[usa320]

i think they wouldnt look bad in other patterns, but the blue is fugly- maybe okay for the navy or marines at sea, but not for the AF.

Lets face it, half of the air force is wearing flight suits anyway, and the other half is wearing suits and pocket protectors and pants with a special pocket for their TI-93 graphing calculators.

[crazystriker]

i think they wouldnt look bad in other patterns, but the blue is fugly- maybe okay for the navy or marines at sea, but not for the AF.

Lets face it, half of the air force is wearing flight suits anyway, and the other half is wearing suits and pocket protectors and pants with a special pocket for their TI-93 graphing calculators.

y dont u go to http://www.af.mil/photos.html. i think u will find tons of pics of maintance, security forces, and others who wear BDUs.

http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/web/web_040116-F-0000C-001.jpg
KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Ryan Darnell cuts through a damaged chain-link fence during the Jan. 11 cleanup effort to help restore a mosque here. Sergeant Darnell is assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Williams)

http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/web/web_040101-F-6449C-002.jpg
SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Chris Ward works with Zorro during a training exercise at a forward-deployed location Jan. 1. Aiman Ward is a security forces member and Zorro is a military working dog from the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lakisha Croley)

[martinexsquaddie]

they probably blocked there faces out to save the emabressment why not go for blue bdus just like stargate :D

[flickme]

i dont know why they blocked out their faces. I just got this pic like it is from another site. Its not fair to say that most AF personel are wearing pocket protectors an big calculators. My dad was in the AF and almost everybody i saw was wearing BDUs. Im sure some guys do but its to do their job. Still i just dont see the reasoning in these new uniforms.

[2Sheds_Jackson]

i think they wouldnt look bad in other patterns, but the blue is fugly- maybe okay for the navy or marines at sea, but not for the AF.

Lets face it, half of the air force is wearing flight suits anyway, and the other half is wearing suits and pocket protectors and pants with a special pocket for their TI-93 graphing calculators.

Hey now- I wore the "blue suit" only during commander's call - maybe once a year. Day to day, the UOD was BDUs. How you gonna dig a hasty fighting position, or drive a ground rod with a punjar while wearing the blue Trailways suit? (called that due to it looking like what a bus driver wears) And they quit issuing pocket protectors and glasses with tape in the middle during the Reagan administration :lol:

I have to say that new cammo is as ugly as a bag 'o hammers. What I'd like to know is how, during all these cross-service initiatives, do each of the services break off with their own special cammo? What a pork barrel project that is. Some Senator's brother must own a camo manufacturing plant. Like there's any reason to switch camo patterns other than at a general's whim. Looks like that big fat budget is going to someone's head.