Michael Williamson wrote:



davidG35 wrote:

One of the things I think is funny is that in the 80's the AF went to
BDU's
to save $ since they didn't want to pay the price for the old green
fatigues, now with our significantly smaller AF I can well imagine the
cost
for the uniforms, just feel sorry as hell for the AF guys attached to
army
units since that uniform will be sniper bait extraordinaire.



According to the article I read today, the Air Force expects the
uniforms to save money, at least for the troops using it. The new
material is (supposedly, anyway) more durable than the material used
in the current BDU and doesn't require starching or special laundering/
ironing. I thought that this was sort of ironic myself, as the BDU
label says that it shouldn't be starched (or ironed, IIRC, but I don't
have any handy to check). They also said that there were some
suggestions that the camouflage MIGHT actually be more effective than
the BDU pattern, but didn't specify the conditions under which that
might be true.

Mike


Falling out of a blue sky with white streaky clouds?

If they had made them white they would have looked more like Nixon's
"Palace Guards."

George