No 3 Service Dress becomes No 2B Mess Dress by replacing the shirt and tie with a white shirt and bow tie, or to No 1 Ceremonial Dress by the addition of ceremonial web or sword belts, gloves, and other accoutrements. The Royal Air Force uniform is the standardised military dress worn by members of the Royal Air Force.The predominant colours of Royal Air Force uniforms are blue-grey and Wedgwood blue. Scarlet doublet, buff facings. Dress regulations may also be amplified, interpreted, or amended by the commanders of formations and units (depending on the commander's authority) through the issuing of Standing Orders (SOs), Ship's Standing Orders (SSO), Routine Orders (ROs), and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). It was designed to resemble the original flying helmet and it consisted of a leather skull cap trimmed with black rabbit fur. [9] CADPAT camouflaged clothing items include shirts, pants, raingear, parkas, and fleece sweaters. They are intended to be adjusted for comfort and practicality; therefore only naval combat dress has lettered variants. Aircrew-specific uniforms are officially designated as Number 14 Dress by the RAF. This uniform is the same as the British Army's operational uniform. With the establishment of the Royal Air Force as an independent service on 1 April 1918, orders were issued detailing new uniform patterns. RCAF personnel will begin wearing the new uniform on April 1, 2015. 2A summer mess dress) are only worn during the summer or in tropical climates. The midnight blue beret itself was retained, however.[13]. The Royal Australian Air Force uniform is in midnight blue, instead of grey-blue. There is also a full dress uniform for use by officers in the tropics, officially designated as No.6A Full Ceremonial Dress (Warm Weather Areas). From Article 419 of the Criminal Code of Canada, everyone who, without lawful authority, the proof of which lies upon him: wears a uniform of the Canadian Armed Forces, or of any other Navy, Army, or Air Force, or a uniform that is so similar to the uniform of any of those forces that it is likely to be mistaken therefore; wears a distinctive mark relating to wounds received, or service performed in war; wears a military medal, ribbon, badge, chevron, or any decoration or order that is awarded for war services, or any imitation thereof; or wears any mark or device or thing that is likely to be mistaken for any such mark, medal, ribbon, badge, chevron, decoration or order; is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction. aide-de-camp and air attaché), and even then these are hardly ever worn. As it was the responsibility of officers to buy their own uniforms, a wearing-out period for old uniforms was allowed and the change-over to the air force uniform was slow. The RAF currently numbers the various uniforms which may be worn. Many Commonwealth air forces' uniforms are also based on the RAF pattern, but with nationality shoulder flashes.