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General Purpose Uniform (GPU) is the working uniform of the Royal Australian Air Force. GPU is notable and controversial for its inclusion of relatively bright, high-visibility shades of blue. As such it cannot serve as tactical battledress , even though the pattern resembles the original Multicam camouflage from Crye Precision.
[92] [93] [94] Slip-on rank epaulettes, known as "Soft Rank Insignia" (SRI), displaying the word "AUSTRALIA" are worn on the shoulders of the service dress uniform. [91] When not in the service dress or "ceremonial" uniform, RAAF personnel wear the General Purpose Uniform (GPU) as a working dress, which is a blue version of the Australian ...
[5] The cap is worn as part of the undress uniform by students of Royal Military College of Canada, [6] and as an optional item by all ranks of rifle regiments with ceremonial dress, mess dress, and service dress uniforms. [7] The field service cap was originally adopted army-wide in 1939, and replaced in 1943 by a khaki beret. The coloured ...
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The Service Dress Air Force Blue (SD) uniform is the uniform worn on most ceremonial occasions. Cadet Under Officers and Cadet Warrant Officers may wear the RAAF Peaked Cap. The headdress worn by cadets and staff consists of the Hat Fur Felt - Khaki (HFF-K). Cadet Staff are also issued a RAAF peaked cap or RAAF Garrison Cap.
The RAAF then became the second Royal air arm to be formed in the British Commonwealth, following the British Royal Air Force. The service was rapidly expanded during World War II and at its height, it was the fourth largest air force in the world, consisting of 53 squadrons based in the Pacific and a further 17 in Europe.
RAAF photo c1972-73: No 25 Squadron [Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader H A Collits (PLT)] on an annual camp providing technical and non-technical support to Mirage lll fighter and other units at RAAF Williamtown, New South Wales. Uniforms are a mix of the RAAF's then new light blue "all-seasons" uniform and the dark blue World War II-era ...
However, one squads uniforms appear to have stood the test of time: the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. Widely regarded as one of the NFL's best cheerleading squads, the squad was originally founded ...