AC-130H

[FEC130]

I was watching a video on the AC-130H and noticed that the flight crew was wearing camo. Are these new camo flight suits or the regular BDU's?

[FEC130]

I was watching a video on the AC-130H and noticed that the flight crew was wearing camo. Are these new camo flight suits or the regular BDU's?

This is the video

http://www.military.com/video/aircraft/gunships/ac-13-h-gunship-the-final-chapter/2920155038001/

[loadsmith]

I was watching a video on the AC-130H and noticed that the flight crew was wearing camo. Are these new camo flight suits or the regular BDU's?

The uniform is called the MultiCam or the Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern (OCP). I wore them for my last deployment and it was quite nice to be able to remove the top. It's helps in the summer in A-Stan and the rules are the same as the one piece. The difference between the ground and flight version is the addition of the knife pocket and you do not blouse your pants over your boots. They are mainly only worn while deployed, although some CCT/PJ type folks will wear them during training. I am not sure if we will ever switch to these as our main uniform, the current ABU is not too popular.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiCam

[BDizzle]

It can also be somewhat uncomfortable to go from the loose and cozy flight suit to the OCPs because they have a regular waistband with a belt. But there are a lot more pen pockets for us engineers and that's what really counts.