Talk:Airman Battle Uniform

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This page is for discussion of the Wikipedia article on the Airman Battle Uniform. It is not a forum to discuss opinions of the uniform or options with or without this uniform except as they apply to the article. Make sure to sign all comments! Thank you! VigilancePrime 04:37, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pixelated

My mistake, and reversion back. Pixelated is used correctly, pixilated means drunk. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Phil in the 818 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Grades of ABUs

I don't really know how to cite the information that I just put in about the grades. I found out this info because I am in the Air Force and went to a vendor show today. A rep from "Dakota Outerwear Company", which is a authorized vendor of ABUs, showed to me and explained the four grades of ABUs. The different in the colors are very slight and hard for even me to tell (a color blind person might have problems). The difference comes from the fact that the Air Force wanted to lower costs so they used the dyes longer which means that the first batch dipped in the dyes is darker than the 30th batch dipped in the same dyes. Therefore making different quality grades. Oh and btw they only come in winter wieght. That is the only source I can give you on that information. Believe it or not.. I got it from the camels mouth and seen/touched it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by "Keith".

[edit] Picture

Does anyone have a better picture of the ABU? Gen. McNabb's a great guy and everything, but it's hard to see the finder details of the uniform in this picture. If noone has anything better, I can always e-mail PA to see if they'd release one of their photos for use. Mostly because I can't be bothered to slog through the legalese of Federal Government works and don't want to upload any photos that would be a violation :) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by "Wild_T".