The Space Force’s new dress uniforms are now not expected to be widely available to Guardians until nearly the end of 2025, and other new clothing items could also be released alongside them.
Sarah Fiocco, a spokesperson for the Department of the Air Force, told Military.com on Wednesday in response to questions about dress uniform updates that “we anticipate service dress uniforms will be broadly available no earlier than December 2025.”
The updated timeline comes after the service concluded fit testing for the seemingly science fiction-inspired dress uniforms in late 2023. Additionally, Fiocco told Military.com that “development for optional uniform items, such as a pullover sweater, are underway.”
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The December 2025 rollout date will mark more than four years since the uniform’s design went public at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber conference in September 2021 and the public gave mixed reviews.
“The new Space Force uniform … a blend of the Star Trek Enterprise dress uniform, but with the Mirror Universe diagonal,” Peter Singer, a noted commentator on the military and author of “LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media,” said in a social media post during the 2021 rollout.
The Space Force, several weeks after the unveiling, posted on Facebook that it was making changes.
“We heard your feedback,” the service…
