Reply With QuoteThe Air Force pers you've seen were most likely attached to an Army unit hence the wearing the the ACUs. Also TACP students wear ACU.
Info Req. USAF use ACU?
are USAF personell authorized to use ACU?
also has any seen a pic of guys in ABU with ranger green vests? or have a pic?
The Air Force pers you've seen were most likely attached to an Army unit hence the wearing the the ACUs. Also TACP students wear ACU.
would one get in trouble tho? seeing how half the kit is ACU anyway?Originally Posted by DnA
Well if the Air Force pers are in Army units than they wear the Army uniform.. so no they wouldn't get in trouble.
If an Airman who's in an Air Force unit just decides one day he wants to wear ACU well than he'd get a talking to...
lol sounds about right.
My TACP buddies wear ACU - they even wore it in tech school.
Us regular Airmen aren't allowed to wear ACU uniform components. But there is some stuff that is a real PITA to find in ABU - so it's not uncommon to see Airmen wearing ACU-patterned backpacks, Camelbaks, briefcases, webbing, etc..
EDIT - show me a pic of one of these 'green ranger vests' and I'll tell you if I ever saw someone wearing it with ABU
There were a few pics last year of USAF SF (Security Forces) wearing ACU helmet covers, vests, etc. with their ABU uniforms. IIRC someone said that it was authorized at the time of the post, I don't know if it still is a year later or not
My PASGT helmet in BMT had an ACU cover. Back in my Guard unit, I've still got Woodland and 3-color desert covers.
From what I know, USAF now issues the MICH helmet in theater - I imagine all those would have ACU covers, I haven't seen any ABU covers yet..
[QUOTE=tyovan4;4286062]My PASGT helmet in BMT had an ACU cover. Back in my Guard unit, I've still got Woodland and 3-color desert covers.
From what I know, USAF now issues the MICH helmet in theater - I imagine all those would have ACU covers, I haven't seen any ABU covers yet..[/QUOT
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Maverick - I've never seen Security Forces wearing those vests at any base I've been to. Looked at my buddies TACP pictures and didn't see them wearing that either.
Maybe someone else from AFSOC community could give better info - I'm a paper-pusher
There was a huge snafu in getting ABU patterned accessories into the field, even goretex jackets took a lot longer than expected. The ABU has only been out for a couple of years, so I would guess that ABU accessories are just starting to see widespread use. The same thing happened with MARPAT and the ACU when those were released, you saw tons of guys mix and matching 3-color desert and woodland BDU gear to go along with it because nothing else was available.
In A-stan i've seen a lot of Air Force wearing ACU's, especially at more remote FOB's. Theres also alot of Navy here who wear ACU's. I've also seen some air force guys at BAF wearing desert marpat or AOR2 camo.
Those things are a piece of ****e..
The 'pockets' on the outside of the parka don't hold anything! There's nothing inside, they're just slots to warm your hands up in. Total junk - at least the old woodland parkas had pockets on the arms..
When I was in theater all the USAF SF (Security Forces) wore ACU IBAs, and ACU helmet covers with ACU pouches as well. There are only a select few companies that make anything in ABU so far, but I can't remember which ones those are. Also saw reg AF guys wearing ACU uniforms too, as well as Naval personnel.
Buddy in Afghanistan...the only part of his kit that is Air Force is the actual fatigues...lemme check to see if he's wearing sage boots...no. That I didn't catch I thought tan boots were no longer authorized. So his OTV, LBV, and helmet cover is in ACUPAT.
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