The solid tiger-striped pattern with its dominant blue overtones is gone. The latest pixelated test pattern has a more subdued color scheme and is not nearly as distinctive as the one unveiled at the start in August 2003; yet it provides the distinctiveness Airmen have requested, officials said.AF News Link:Uniform board incorporates feedback, alters design
:: I'm impressed. Air Force leadership has listened to feedback from Airmen, and killed the "Smurf Camo." Sure the troops want something distinctive... Sure they want unforms that are easier to maintain... but not many could get past the butt ugly sky blue color.
The new Air Force utility uniforms being tested feature, "pixelated tiger-striped pattern in a new color scheme." Sounds like a variant of the popular and functional digipat pioneered by the Marines, and now going to the Army.
No pictures yet. (Please drop me a line if you come across any!)
Good on. Now we can all get back to work.
Let's please leave the fashion statemnets to the Marines eh?
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