Here is the latest edition of the US Air Force’s No Melt No Drip Next-to-Skin Approved Products List, AFD-130726-053, published by the Air Force Uniform Office. There are a variety of companies and their poducts on the list.
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USAF No Melt No Drip Next-to-Skin Approved Products List
Monday, August 5th, 2013USAF Approves New Balance Merino Clothing
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
New Balance announced that on July 19, 2013 the Air Force Uniform Office approved several New Balance items for use with FR uniforms. The items on the list are intended to be worn next to skin only.
It includes a wide range of No Melt No Drip products that are appropriate for a wide range of climates. NB’s synthetic blends and proprietary Merino wool blends will offer Airmen a next to skin layering system appropriate for their unique mission.
AFR701 Flame Resistant T-Shirt
AFR105 Flame Resistant Boxer
AFR105w Flame Resistant FR Women’s Boy Short
AFR801 Flame Resistant Mid Weight Top
AFR201 Flame Resistant Mid Weight Drawers
MIL865 Flame Resistant Mid Weight Light Weight Top
MIL245 Flame Resistant Mid Weight Light Weight Drawers
MIL126 Flame Resistant FR Women’s Boy Short
MIL708 Light Weight Merino Wool T-Shirt
MIL810 Light Weight Merino Wool Crew
MIL811 Mid Weight Merino Wool ¼ Zip
MIL102 Light Weight Merino Wool Boxers
MIL211 Light Weight Merino Wool Drawers
MIL212 Mid Weight Merino Wool Drawers
More information is available at www.newbalance.com under Military. Additionally, unit and agency ordered can be handled by www.ADSinc.com
Forces Focus – RCAF SAR Tech
Monday, July 8th, 2013Last Friday, 6 new Search and Rescue Technicians graduated from an intensive 11 month program at the Canadian Forces School of Search and Rescue, based at 19 Wing Comox in British Columbia. They join the ranks of about 160 SAR Techs who are trained in advanced trauma life-support, land and sea survival, and specialized rescue techniques, including Arctic rescue, parachuting, diving, mountain-climbing and rappelling. Although assigned to the Royal Canadian Air Force they can tryout from any of the country’s service components.
Unlike the US Air Force’s Guardian Angel Weapon System consisting of Pararescuemen (PJ), Combat Rescue Officers (CRO) and SERE Instructors, the SAR Tech’s primary focus is not Combat Search and Rescue. Their SAR area of responsibility includes over 15 million square kilometres of land and sea and encompasses the world’s longest coastline and SAR Techs as well as the skilled aircrews they work with respond to more than 8,000 incidents annually that average over 1,200 lives saved and assistance to over 20,000 persons.
Congratulations to the graduates! According to the DND only about 1 in 3 candidates is accepted into training.
Master Corporal Jérôme Bourget, from Lévis, Quebec.
Master Corporal Anthony Bullen, from Boxey, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Master Corporal Jeff Elliott, from Victoria, British Columbia.
Master Corporal Chris Martin, from Pictou, Nova Scotia.
Master Corporal Brent Nolasco, from Peterborough, Ontario.
Master Corporal Oliver Willich, from Kincardine, Ontario.
All Photos – DND
A Little Saturday Evening Motivation For You
Sunday, July 7th, 2013Think of it as an overview video for the GWOT. There are is a lot of AFSOC rotary wing in this video.
USAF SERE Specialist Trains Boy Scouts in Japan
Sunday, June 30th, 2013It’s great to see an Air Force SERE Specialist passing his fieldcraft knowledge on to Scouts.
Forces Focus – 27 SOW OPFOR
Thursday, June 27th, 2013
Both the 1st and 27th Special Operations Wings at Hurlburt Field, Florida and Cannon AFB, New Mexico respectively have Opposing Forces elements. These small units of volunteers are provisional in nature and are taken from the Wing’s hide and situated within the Special Operations Support Squadrons. The makeup of these elements is constantly changing due to the various AFSCs represented at any given time.
In addition to providing OPFOR for in-house unit training of the Wing’s various Squadrons and for Combat Survival Continuation Training, they also provide role players for various other exercises such as isolated personnel for search and rescue. Additionally, they may be used as surrogates for troops conducting alternate insertion and extraction methods from aircraft.
In a recent AF.mil article, William Baird 27th Special Operations Support Squadron OPFOR chief explained, “No day is ever typical. Some days we are operating all-terrain vehicles and employing explosives, weapons, ammunition and threat simulators; other days we are skillfully maneuvering high-powered watercraft on the lake.”
(All photos A1C Maynelinne De La Cruz)
This Is Why CCT Stopped Using All Terrain Cycles
Friday, June 21st, 2013
Those 3-wheeled ATCs were cool but they’d roll over, so CCT stopped using them. There’s even rumor that there was one used at Desert One. BTW, that’s a TACAN mounted on the back.
They tried out a few different solutions but eventually settled on the Quads we see today that are used by CCT and PJ alike for a variety of missions.
Jungle Jim
Thursday, June 6th, 2013Members of the US Air Force’s Air Commandos at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida in the early 1960s.
The 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron (CCTS) was established in April 1961 and nicknamed ‘Jungle Jim’. These Air Commandos were the precursor to Air Force Special Operations Command which wasn’t stood up as a MAJCOM until 1990. Although still authorized in AFI 36-2903 (Wear and Appearance of Uniforms) those jungle hats haven’t been worn at Hurlburt Field since the 1980s. As for the fingers on the triggers, that’s a relatively new innovation. If you don’t believe take a look at old military photos.
