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In the Canadian Forces, the peaked cap (French: casquette de service) is the primary headgear for men's (and optional headgear for women's) Royal Canadian Navy service dress. It has been abandoned in the Royal Canadian Air Force in favour of the wedge cap.
English: An Officer's cap badge from the 2nd issue (with motto) and the 1st of two variations of insignia for for the peaked service dress hat of the Canadian Air Force (CAF) circa 1920. The crown was only affixed to the front of badge at the top of the maple leaf, weakening the overall design and the badge is frequently found broken or repaired.
A captain (right foreground) of the Royal Canadian Air Force in No. 3 Service Dress. Personnel in the Air Force are issued a uniform of a similar cut to the old CF greens, but in blue, with a light-blue shirt, black necktie, and air force blue wedge cap.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) field service cap is often called a forage cap (and is also colloquially known as the chip bag or Thunderbird hat). It has no peak, and because of its longitudinal cut is called a 'fore-and-after'. Its two ornamental buttons at the front can be unfastened in order to let down earflaps for harsh weather.
According to Canadian Forces Dress Instructions, the Monarch or their representative (the Governor General) may wear the uniform and corresponding cap/hat badge of a flag/general officer, with a special flag/general officer sleeve braid embellished with the governor general's badge, and a large embroidered governor general's badge on the shoulder straps or boards, facing forward.
Air force members of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command wear a tan flash in the front of their wedge caps. [12] Prior to Unification in 1968, the Royal Canadian Air Force wore uniforms similar to those worn by the Royal Air Force, including a blue wedge cap. After 1968, the uniforms of the three services were replaced by a universal ...
The Canadian Air Force (CAF) was established in 1920 as the successor to a short-lived two-squadron Canadian Air Force that was formed during the First World War in Europe. . Wing Commander John Scott Williams was tasked in 1921 with organizing the CAF, handing command over later the same year to Air Marshal Lindsay Gordon.
The Royal Canadian Air Cadets (French: Cadets de l'Aviation royale du Canada) is a Canadian national youth program for young individuals aged 12 to 18. Under the authority of the National Defence Act, the program is administered by the Canadian Forces (CF) and funded through the Department of National Defence (DND).