Air Force honors C-17 with latest Air power Legacy Series uniform

The Air Force football team will continue its Air Power Legacy Series this season by honoring the C-17 aircraft, a large military transport. The team will wear special uniforms honoring the C-17 for the Hawaii game, Oct. 19.

The helmet is flat gray and designed after the plane. The gray uniform with black lettering features nine Air Force base tail flashes in place of the nameplate on the back of the jersey. The helmet is flat gray and designed after the nose of the plane. The nine bases are Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, March Air Reserve Base, California, Travis Air Force Base, California, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

This season’s uniform combination is the first to utilize reflective material which is on the side of the aircraft. The uniform has reflective material on the helmet and shoulders, sides of the jersey and side of the pants.

The C-17 uniform is the fourth in the series. The Air Power Legacy Series began in the 2016 season with the Tiger Shark nose-art which has been represented on multiple Air Force aircraft dating back to World War II. While 2016 focused on the past, the Falcons honored the present, and future, of air power in 2017 with the F-35 theme, the Air Force’s newest fighter. The team honored the AC-130 which is a ground-attack aircraft in 2018.