According to a leaked presentation, titled "ABU to ACU-OCP Transition Decision" and posted in March on the Facebook page Air Force Amn/Nco/Snco, it would cost roughly $450 million to switch airmen ...

The Air Force announced in May of last year that it was adopting Army's Operational Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, as its new combat uniform.. The service plans to phase out the current Airman Battle ...

Airmen can begin donning their new Operational Camouflage Pattern uniforms beginning Oct. 1. ... Salute to Veterans Opens in new window; ... 2021, all airmen will be required to wear the OCP.

As for the Air Force, airmen will be able to start wearing the OCP uniform in lieu of the ABU on Oct. 1, when enlisted airmen will begin to receive an extra $20 for their clothing allowance.

“We spoke to and listened to airmen on this, and the OCP was the clear choice,” said then-Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein when he announced the move in 2018.

The Air Force announces new rules on OCP uniforms for Airmen. The changes include authorization of the two-piece Flight Duty Uniform in garrison and updated patch guidance.

Salute to Veterans Opens in new window; ... the Air Force’s variant of the OCP uniform. ... only airmen embedded with Army units and those who went outside the wire could do so.

• Air Force Airman Jonathan J. Olson, son of Lynn M. Becka of Colorado Springs, Colo., and James Olson of Canandaigua, graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland ...

In May 2018, Air Force leaders decided to transition to the OCP following feedback from Airmen that it is the best, battle-tested utility uniform available.

Saluting our Service Members. Rochester. Dansville •Air Force Airman Christopher J. Miller, son of Christine and Ron Miller of Dansville and a 2014 graduate of Dansville Senior High School, ...