Uniforms you'd like to see brought back...

[FARRIER]

Orange shirts for ground teams. I know these were worn on a wing-by wing basis back in the day, but I would like to see the restrictions lifted.

[wuzafuzz]

Orange shirts for ground teams. I know these were worn on a wing-by wing basis back in the day, but I would like to see the restrictions lifted.

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I'd like to see the old pickle suit make a return.  It was utilitarian without trying to look like a commando.  Plus it had a shirt that can actually be tucked in so I can reach stuff worn on my belt, like a radio.  I hate untucked shirts.

[SarDragon]

Orange shirts for ground teams. I know these were worn on a wing-by wing basis back in the day, but I would like to see the restrictions lifted.

CAWG currently has orange shirts as part of their GT uniform.

[sardak]

OD Jungle fatigues. Most comfortable field uniform ever.

Orange shirts for ground teams.

I'd like to see the old pickle suit make a return.

and we'll throw in some BDUs with orange vests just to round things out.


OD uniforms by sardak


Orange shirts, BDUs and orange vests by sardak

[The CyBorg is destroyed]

Orange flight suits.

If one of our aircraft is forced down, that makes the crew more visible to a search party.

[SarDragon]

Orange Nomex is the same price a blue Nomex here.

[Stonewall]

OD uniforms by sardak

I love it!!!!

[Hawk200]

Orange flight suits.

If one of our aircraft is forced down, that makes the crew more visible to a search party.

Unless it's Alaska in the fall. The whole landscape is orange. The blue one was perfect.

[Stonewall]

No one wants the Smurf Suit back?  I swear it used to cost $25 from the CAP Bookstore.



No joke, as a cadet I had a neighbor who worked for the fire department and drove some sort of tactical fire rescue truck, like a Toyota Tacoma style with a cap on the back.  His uniform was similar to the Smurf Suit, so as a cadet, I seriously wanted one for contingency use.  In my mind, I pictured it being folded up in some sort of tactical rescue "jump kit" that I would carry (one day) in my personal "tactical response SAR vehicle" I'd have when I was a grown up.

[LGM30GMCC]

Orange flight suits.

If one of our aircraft is forced down, that makes the crew more visible to a search party.

Maybe, but if they stay with their aircraft (Which barring really REALLY compelling reasons not to they should) the 174 sq feet of wings alone not counting the rest of the airplane with a locator beacon going off is going to be a lot more visible. If they are going to be in good enough shape to get out of the aircraft and walk around then the aircraft is going to have to be in pretty decent shape. (Unless they went into the drink in which case, they should have other water survival stuff with them) If they are really well equipped they may well have a persona radio and be able to call in to other aircraft for assistance. If they are incapacitated they are likely inside their aircraft at which point it doesn't matter what they are wearing for visibility.

Remember for many military crashes the pilot may be no where near the wreckage of their aircraft because for many of them they are going to eject some point before it hits the ground. In that case the plane is a smoking pile of wreckage and the crew are by themselves with the survival gear that was attached to them.

Not saying what you said isn't true, I'm just saying it has marginal benefit.

[The CyBorg is destroyed]

No one wants the Smurf Suit back?  I swear it used to cost $25 from the CAP Bookstore.

Those were AWFUL.  They reminded me of a '70s leisure suit converted to a jumpsuit.

[ZigZag911]

Pickle suit and summer khaki uniform

[Phillip]

Orange flight suits.

If one of our aircraft is forced down, that makes the crew more visible to a search party.

Around these parts, Inmates wear an orange jumpsuit vaguely similar to that to pick up trash along side the highway.

[SarDragon]

No one wants the Smurf Suit back?  I swear it used to cost $25 from the CAP Bookstore.

$16.95 in the '78-'80 time frame. I have an olde filled in, but never sent in, order blank in my CAP crap.

[cap235629]

THE CSU or a suitable replacement.

[okeecap]

The CSU would be the best uniform to bring back, or the WWII khaki and green uniform that looked sharp.

[SarDragon]

THE CSU or a suitable replacement.

NO, unless they let everyone wear it.

[Майор Хаткевич]

True. Fat and fuzzy!

[GroundHawg]

OD Jungles. I wore them till the very last day they were authorized. (and you know I had the OD Jungle boots to match)

[cap235629]

THE CSU or a suitable replacement.

NO, unless they let everyone wear it.

They did!  Who COULDN'T wear it?