Navy: No more flight suits at Pentagon

Air Force aviators, a heads-up: Your Navy counterparts who work at the Pentagon can’t wear flight suits anymore.




They learned about the ban in an e-mail from Vice Adm. Samuel Locklear, director of the Navy staff.



Locklear reminded Navy leaders in the National Capital region that flight suits and camouflage uniforms are not to be worn in place of the more common service khakis, said Lt. j.g. Laura Stegherr, a Navy spokeswoman at the Pentagon.



An Air Force spokeswoman at the Pentagon, Maj. Richelle Dowdell, said she was not aware of any change coming for when and where airmen can wear their flight suits.



Differences in Navy and Air Force uniform practices make an Air Force flight suit ban unlikely.



Naval aviators only wear flight suits on special days, such as casual Fridays. Air Force fliers wear flight suits virtually every day except on “blue suit Mondays,” when they are required to wear their service dress.



In the Navy, the flight suit, woodland cammie uniform, foul-weather jacket and flight deck boots all fall into what the service describes as “organizational clothing,” issued only to those who need it for their job.



Air Force fliers wear flight suits whether or not they are assigned to a flying job. A pilot or a navigator assigned to the Pentagon, for example, can still wear a flight suit.