Flight suits, green flight jackets and A-2 “bomber” leather jackets won’t be standard issue any more for about 1,800 airmen assigned to the Air Force Space Command based at Peterson Air Force Base.
The reasons: to standardize uniforms and save an estimated $670,000 annually as the Air Force tightens its budget belt.
“We want to create a synergy among all personnel across the command,” Gen. William Shelton , commander of the AFSPC, said in a statement released today. “When personnel wear the same uniform, it has a unifying effect toward mission accomplishment.”
The space command stopped buying flight duty and desert flight duty uniforms and the leather jackets and associated patches for space operators on March 14 .
Starting Oct. 1 , space command personnel will no longer be authorized to wear the flight suits and green flight jackets unless they are engaged in flight operations and may not wear the leather jackets.
“Between the expense of purchasing these items, and the fact that our operations don’t involve flying, this recommendation was common sense,” Shelton said.
Ann Schrader: 303-954-1967 or aschrader@denverpost.com
