page_title: Uniforms of the Canadian Armed Forces
section_title: Air Force
hierarchical_section_title: Uniforms of the Canadian Armed Forces / Service dress / Air Force
caption_attribution_description: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, left, shakes hands with Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Nancy Silver upon his arrival in Ottawa, Canada, Jan. 26, 2011, as U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson, center, looks on. Gates was in Canada to attend trilateral meetings with his counterparts from Canada and Mexico. (DoD photo by Cherie Cullen/Released) 110126-D-7203C-003
context_page_description: The Uniforms of the Canadian Armed Forces are the official dress worn by members of Canada's military while on duty.
  Prior to the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, the uniforms of the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy were similar to their counterparts in the forces of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, save for national identifiers and some regimental accoutrements. With the unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968, all service branches began to wear Canadian Forces rifle green uniforms. Distinctive Environmental Uniforms for the various branches of the Canadian Forces was introduced in the late 1980s, and are generally similar to their pre-unification uniforms.
context_section_description: Personnel in the Air element were issued a uniform of similar cut to the old CF greens, but in blue, with a light-blue shirt, black necktie, and air force blue wedge cap, forage cap and beret. No. 4 (base) dress consisted of blue work pants, light-blue dress shirt (open-necked or with necktie), and optional V-neck sweater. Air personnel were eventually authorized to wear the Navy's work shirt, which was similar in dark blue, though this was recently replaced by a camouflage uniform similar to the Land combat uniform.  Air personnel were issued a blue beret for wear when appropriate; it was soon authorized as was the blue flyer's jacket and Gore-Tex "line" jackets for use with work dress, then with service dress. Non-aircrew personnel wear a "half-wing" trade badge on the right side of the service-dress jacket above the right breast pocket.
caption: A captain (right foreground) of the Royal Canadian Air Force in No. 3 Service Dress
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