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Show March 24, 1994 Hilltop Times W ear of new AF uniform spelled out The new Air Force uniform is creating a bit of confusion as to the proper wear of the uniform and The new Air Force uniform is available at the Hill AFB Clothing Sales store. Officials at the store say there is a good selection available for both men's and women's uniforms. However, the store will not be able to handle special orders for the service jackets for either men or women for at least four to six weeks. At the moment the warehouse supplier is shipping all that is available directly to clothing sales stores across the Air Force. For more infoma-tio- n First, airmen can learn all there is to know about the new dress uniform by reading a free pamphlet, "The New Air Force Dress Uniform," available at military clothing sales stores. Also, Army and Air Force Exchange Service officials say the stores also have a new video about the uniform to train store workers. Officials in Hill's clothing sales store said the pamphlets and the video have been ordered and should arrive in the next few weeks. Next, the following instructions from the Customer Support Section of Hill's 649th Air Base Group Military Personnel Flight should help with some of the confusion about the uniform. D Restrictions: There is no restriction on when to purchase or wear the new uniform. Air Force members may wear the uniform anytime it is available for purchase at clothing sales. The mandatory wear date is Oct. 1, 1999. O Uniform components: Air Force members must wear the new service dress coat with match-- . ing newly designed components such as trousers, skirts, slacks and rank insignia. Herringbone tie, tie tab and flight cap will be worn if available. Do not wear a name tag or U.S., insignia on the coat. Officer rank insignia will be worn as follows: and Wear aluminum color style sleeve braid, widths (14 inch spacing between braids, 2 inches from the end of the sleeve). General officers will wear wide cloud and dart design with wide braid (14 inch spacing between braid, 2 inches from the end of the sleeve). Enlisted rank insignia will be worn as follows: Center the new (men) or 3V2- - or sleeve chevron (women) halfway between shoulder seam and the elbow bent at angle. The old stripes may be worn only on the old service dress coat and the new stripes may be worn only on the 12-inc- h ch 12-inc- h ch a90-degre- . e new service dress coat. '90 Ponliac Grand Prix AMFM auto., cass., AC FREEiuay iugn . will wear the (women) senior air- new or (men) or man sleeve chevrons on the new service dress coat. fl Placement of ribbons: Colonels and below will center all ribbons immediately above the edge of the welt pocket, in multiples of three or four with remaining ribbons centered over the row immediately below. General officers may wear their top three or four, according to precedence; all; or none. D Placement of badges: A maximum of three badges is authorized to be worn. They are worn 12 inch above the top row of ribbons and centered. The Missile Speciality Qualification Badge (Missile Combat. Crew and Missile Maintenance) is worn VA inches below the top of and centered beneath the welt pocket. Only the Aeronautical Badge, according to precedence, may be worn 12 inch above occupational badge. . Only one duty badge is worn 1 XA inches below the top of and centered beneath the welt pocket. Duty . badges will only be worn while assigned to the issuing organization. Wear only highly polished badges. Aeronautical and Chaplain Badges are mandatory. Other badges are optional. Badge policy will be updated when new badges become available. O Accouterments: Accouterments such as the tie 3V2- - ch ch -, 90-degr- ee Light-weig- ht 3-- ch or ch 90-degr- h 3y2-inc- short-sleev- e 36-290- 3, '91 Jeep Vranglcr '79 Ford Fcstiva fixer-uppe- ch Sergeant chevrons: Sergeants 4-in- ch ZlA-o- ch ch - 14-inc- h ch Semi-form- al contact the store- at Ext. Q tac, clasp and cuff links can be either old (shiny finish only) or new design (wing and star design). If wearing tie tac, clasp and cuff links at the same time, they must be of the same design. D New Service Dress: The same configuration as the new service dress except wear a plain white shirt or blouse without a design. The blue or black bow tie or satin tie tab is not worn. r Mess Dress: Wear current (men) or (women) aluminum color, or new (men) or ZXA- - or (women) sleeve chevron. The brushed-finish- , ball and clutch style stud and wing and star cuff links may also be worn on the shirt. The current style buttons on the coat may be removed and replaced with the newly designed wing and star buttons. Battle Dress Uniform: Wear subdued (women) sleeve chevrons (men) or 3- ZVi- - or halfway between shoulder seam and the elbow bent at a angle. Also, wear either the current or new style rank insignia. Sergeants may wear current sergeant stripes or new senior airman stripes. D blue jacket (men and women): Enlisted personnel wear current (men) or (women; or new (men) or ZVz- - or (women) sleeve chevrons between shoulder seam and the elbow bent at a angle; or current or new style metal rank insignia on collar. Officers wear regular size metal grade insignia on epaulets. D Mix and match: When not wearing a service dress coat, members may mix and match the various new and old style component items. For example: the current shirt or blouse and the new style tie or tie tab. Also, new style chevrons may be worn with the old style trousers, skirt or slacks. Sergeants sergeant or new may wear the current senior airman sleeve chevrons on the light shirt and blouse. blue long- - or Further guidance will be provided until AFI "Dress and Personal Appearance of Air Force Personnel," is published. HURRY!!! Parts or as is r, FREEiuay $8800 were fighting for American Heart ourufe FREEiuay Association rflgPMfii l illl I I 486DX 40 486SX 25 486DX2-6- 6 256K Cache 4MB RAM 1.44 Floppy Drive 340MB Hard Drive 1MB SVGA Video 14" Color Monitor, .28 4MB RAM 1.44 Floppy Drive 212MB Hard Drive 51 2K SVGA Video 14" Color Monitor, .39 ll I Local Bus Motherboard 256K Cache 4MB RAM 1. 2 & 1.44 Floppy Drives 540MB Hard Drive 1MB SVGA Video 14" Color Monitor, .28 . 6.2, Systems Come With 101 Keyboard, Mouse, MS DOS OnWindows 3.1, 2 Year Parts & Labor Warranty With First Year All This year Americans will produce more litter and pollution than ever before. If you don't do something about it, who will? . Site Service. 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