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4 mar 2024 · This webpage is a one-stop reference to help answer questions regarding proper wear of approved Air Force uniform items, insignias, awards and decorations, etc. It also provides the latest updates and changes to policy from Air Force senior leadership and the Uniform Board.
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- Page 2: Dress and Appearance
The current Air Force officer rank names and insignia were taken from the Army upon the establishment of the Air Force as a separate service in 1947. The insignia have been essentially unchanged since then, except for a brief period during the 1990s, when then-Air Force Chief of Staff General Merrill A. McPeak redesigned the service dress uniform.His redesign replaced the metal rank insignia ...
Enlisted Insignia. Enlisted will wear 31⁄2 or 4 inch chevron rank centered on the outer arm halfway between the shoulder seam and elbow when bent at a 90-degree angle (long sleeved-shirt) or bottom edge of the sleeve (short sleeved-shirt). (T-1).
The Men's Officer Service Dress Uniform also pulls triple duty by serving as the Semi-Formal Uniform through the removal of the nametag and as the Class B or Service Blue Uniform by removing the Service Dress Coat and wearing the long- or short-sleeved shirt as the outer garment. Select your Rank.
Enlisted personnel wear cloth rank insignia on both sleeves of the jacket and shirt, while officers wear metal rank insignia pinned onto the shoulder straps of the coat, and Air Force Blue slide-on loops ("soft rank" shoulder insignia) on the straps of the shirt.
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Pattern (OCP) is the appropriate uniform if civilians are dressed in casual attire. Blues are appropriate if civilians will be in business casual attire. Service dress is appropriate if the event is coat and tie. Mess dress or equivalent is appropriate for black tie evening attire. 1.2.12.1.1. (Added) OCP, and Flight Duty Uniform ( FDU).
