In 1969, the Air Force uniforms switched over to the Gen. John P. McConnell pattern. It differed little from its predecessor but underwent small changes during its 25 years in service.

The Air Force is designing an updated version of its service dress blues uniform and could roll it out sometime next year, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth Wright said Wednesday.. To ...

Per Wright's description, the Air Force may look to the classic jacket worn between 1969 and 1990. After a uniform board convened in 1968, then-Chief of Staff Gen. John P. McConnell approved a ...

Air Force Uniform Office member 2nd Lt. Maverick Wilhite puts parts of the updated Air Force physical training (PT) uniform through their paces at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Feb. 25, 2021.

The establishment of the U.S. Air Force on Sept. 18, 1947, marked the day the Army Air Forces' brown shoes and like equipment would soon see black dye applied. By 1952, the “old brown shoe days ...