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USAF Pararescue Uniform?

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USAF Pararescue Uniform?

by Ben Thu Dec 11, 2014 3:45 am

Was browsing photos of USAF Pararescue and stumbled on this photo from Wikipedia showing them on a mountaintop somewhere in Afghanistan. The photo is dated 2008.
What I found interesting was the 3-colour camo they're wearing...the uniform looks to be cut very similarly to British S-95 kit, as evidenced by the pocket types and button placement on the smock. The pattern orientation seems slightly different than traditional US 3-colour desert, however.

Does anyone know if such a uniform was ever produced in quantity and used on a wide scale? My first thought was commercially produced kit made by Arktis Gear in the UK, but I'm not 100% sure.

Any thoughts or opinions? In all honesty I'm just curious to know.

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Re: USAF Pararescue Uniform?

by Toasted Skittle Thu Dec 11, 2014 4:21 am

The only USAF is smsgt lopez in OD, the rest are Afghans

But it could just simply be locally made commercial stuff made from random fabrics, I think I've seen some BDU/DCU in UK Uniform cuts before... maybe from one of those Paki/Chinese manufacturing websites.