When the Air Force Uniform board meets Oct. 20-21 for the first time since June 2003, members plan to address several issues, among them: the new battle dress uniform—the subdued blue one—and the physical training uniform. We can’t wait to find out if the new subdued blue BDU survives. The first blue version was a bomb.
The Air Force plans to conduct more intensive training—and Congress is set to help by boosting funding for exercises and so-called “campaigning” by hundreds of millions of dollars, particularly in the Pacific.
