Current subdued patches can be worn with OCPs

Wear 'em if you’ve got 'em.

Airmen wearing the new Operational Camouflage Pattern combat uniform are authorized to add their former Airmen Battle Uniform subdued patches until the mandatory brown subdued ones go into effect.

Air Force Instruction 36-2903 also requires the U.S. flag patch to be worn, whether in garrison or deployed. The flag patch will eventually be subdued, spice brown and centered at the top with velcro, according to an Air Force news release.

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Current subdued black and green U.S. flags may be worn until June 1, 2020, then spice brown will be the only accepted version. Infrared U.S. flags are not authorized.

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The higher headquarters patch is mandatory and will be subdued using the spice brown color and centered under the U.S. flag patch, according to the release.

Again, the current subdued version of the higher headquarters patch may be worn until the patch color conversion has been completed, or until April 1, 2021, whichever is sooner.

A maximum of two patches may be worn.

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