As per our conversation below is a letter put together by the RCAF public affairs department which has valuable information that the stores can pass on to the customers when they get asked about the shoulder rank epaulettes and name patch. You should also note that I received all of the rank approvals (23) last Thursday and an e-mail will be sent out to all stores advising them of an approx delivery as soon as the we start the actual production.
UNCLAS 1000-1 (RCAF CWO)
01 10 051335Z MAY 14 ZZ UUUU C AIR FORCE
NDHQ C AIR FORCE OTTAWA
CANAIRGEN
UNCLAS C AIR FORCE 15/14
SIC WAA
BILINGUAL MESSAGE/MESSAGE BILINGUE
SUBJ: RCAF LEATHER JACKET UPDATE TO PRE-SALE INFORMATION
CANAIRGEN 10/14
THE FOLLOWING IS AN UPDATE TO CANAIRGEN 7/14 WHICH PROVIDES MORE
INFORMATION ON THE OFFICIAL RCAF LEATHER FLIGHT JACKET
1. PAYMENT OPTIONS - [deleted]
2. NAME TAGS - WHEN WEARING THE LEATHER JACKET WITH THE UNIFORM,
RCAF PERSONNEL MUST ALWAYS WEAR A NAME TAG THAT ADHERES TO THE
REGULATIONS STIPULATED IN THIS MESSAGE. THE RCAF CONTINUES TO WORK
WITH CANEX TO FIND A SUITABLE CANADIAN MANUFACTURER, BUT AT THE
PRESENT TIME, THERE IS NO CANADIAN MANUFACTURER WHO IS ABLE TO
PRODUCE THE NAME TAGS IN CANADA. AS SUCH, THE ONLY AUTHORIZED
MANUFACTURER OF THE LEATHER NAME TAGS TO BE WORN WITH THE RCAF
LEATHER JACKET IS NAMETAGS4U.COM. PERSONNEL SHOULD ORDER THEIR
LEATHER NAME TAGS DIRECTLY FROM THE COMPANY S WEBSITE LOCATED AT
HTTPS://WWW.NAMETAGS4U.COM/FLIGHTSUIT-NAMETAGS/
3. THERE ARE 3 COMPONENTS TO THE NAME TAGS:
A. WINGS (REQUIRED FOR ALL TRADES ONCE THE MEMBER IS TRADE QUALIFIED)
B. LINE 1 (REQUIRED FOR ALL TRADES)
C. LINE 2 (OPTIONAL)
4. THE OPTIONAL PORTION OF THE NAME TAG SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR
INCLUSION WHEN THE MEMBER HAS A SIGNIFICANT POSITION(IE. UNIT
CO/CWOS), BUT IS NOT MANDATORY. IN THIS WAY, MEMBERS MAY KEEP THE
SAME NAME TAG WHEN THEY ARE POSTED BETWEEN JOBS, UNTIL THEY ARE
PROMOTED, AT WHICH TIME THEY OF COURSE REQUIRE A NEW ONE. WHEN
MEMBERS ELECT TO INCLUDE THEIR POSITION ON THEIR NAME TAGS, THERE IS
NO REQUIREMENT TO MAKE THE POSITION TITLES BILINGUAL. THE POSITIONS
MAY BE SPELLED OUT IN FULL, OR MAY BE ABBREVIATED AT THE DISCRETION
OF THE MEMBER (I.E. CO 443 SQN WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE, AS WOULD WING
LOGISTICS OFFICER)
5. NAME TAGS SHALL ALL BE ORDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING
CRITERIA:
A. LEATHER COLOUR: BLACK
B. BACKGROUND: NONE
C. WING COLOUR: SILVER
D. TEXT LAYOUT: CENTER
E. TEXT COLOR: SILVER
F. LINE 1: RANK FIRST NAME LAST NAME, ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS (THE
RANK MAY BE ABBREVIATED OR MAY BE SPELLED OUT AT THE DISCRETION OF
THE MEMBER)
G. LINE 2: POSITION, ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS
6. CURRENTLY, THE OFFICIAL RCAF WINGS FOR MOST TRADES CAN BE FOUND BY
FOLLOWING THESE STEPS:
A. HTTPS://WWW.NAMETAGS4U.COM
B. SCROLL TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IN THE CENTRE SECTION, UNDER
THE TITLE LEATHER PRODUCTS IS THE HEADING CUSTOM NAMETAGS CLICK ON
THIS
C. IN THE CENTRE OF THE PAGE, UNDER THE TITLE SELECT A CATEGORY TO
LIST THE WING BADGES, AND DESIGNS AVAILABLE FOR LEATHER TAGS IS THE
HEADING CANADIAN LEATHER NAMETAGS CLICK ON THIS
D. FIND YOUR TRADE WING AND CLICK ON THE DESIGN ONLINE LINK BELOW THE
CORRESPONDING WING
E. FOLLOW THE ONLINE PROMPTS TO CREATE YOUR NAMETAG
7. AT THIS TIME, MOST WINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT NAMETAGS4U.COM. THE AIR
STAFF ARE WORKING WITH THE CIVILIAN OWNERS OF NAMETAGS4U.COM TO
ENSURE THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE ALL THE RCAF TRADE WINGS THROUGH THEIR
WEBSITE, PROGRESS IS GOING WELL BUT AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION, IS
NOT YET COMPLETE. IF YOUR TRADE WING DOES NOT APPEAR, INDIVIDUAL
MEMBERS MAY CONTACT THE OPI TO REQUEST THEIR TRADE BE ADDED:
[deleted]. THE DELAY IS 5-7 CALENDAR DAYS TO
UPDATE THE WEBSITE
8. RANK EPAULETTES - THE DESIGN OF THESE CONTINUES TO PROGRESS AND
WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ORDER FROM CANEX IN DUE COURSE
9. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, INCLUDING VIEWING THE LEATHER FLIGHT
JACKET, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL WING CANEX OUTLET
