Attire
| Current attire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Pattern | Full pattern | Notes | |
| Digitalized tigerstripe | Airman Battle Uniform (ABU) | Will be mandatory on 1 November 2012 (Fiscal Year 2013). | |||
| Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) | Still authorized for wear but becoming less common. The ABU will completely replace the BDU by 1 November 2012 (Fiscal Year 2013). | ||||
| Flight suit | Pilots, air crews and missile crews wear olive green or desert tan one-piece flight suits made of Nomex for fire protection. | ||||
| Physical Training Uniform | Consists of shorts, t-shirt, jacket and pants. | ||||
| Service dress uniform | Consists of a three-button coat, similar to that of a men's "sport jacket" (with silver "U.S." pins on the lapels), matching trousers, and either a service cap or flight cap, all in Shade 1620, "Air Force Blue" (a darker purplish-blue). This is worn with a light blue shirt (Shade 1550) and Shade 1620 herringbone patterned necktie. Enlisted members wear sleeve insignia on both the jacket and shirt, while officers wear metal rank insignia pinned onto the coat, and Air Force Blue slide-on epaulet loops on the shirt. | ||||
| Mess dress | Consists of a dark blue mess jacket and matching trousers with antiqued silver buttons, miniature medals, blue bow-tie and cummerbund, and shoulder boards and silver wrist braids for officers. When wearing the blue tie and cummerbund, the uniform is considered equivalent to black-tie formal wear. For white-tie occasions, a white bow-tie and waistcoat are worn. | ||||
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