Capt.Popeye
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I have another one of an Indian Air Acdre in grey overalls. So clearly there is some lack of standardization on overalls. Usually one sees the disparity in flight gear between those aviators operating overland generally and those operating near the shore(high reflectivity). US airmen for e.g switched to a desert beige during OEF/OIFF.
Not really @Oscar. One can safely say that IAF personnel assigned to flying duties (i.e. Groupies, WingCos and below) are always in the standard rig. The only deviations/variations that seem to be seen are A/Cdres and above. At A/Cdre level, one has already moved to Staff, as the "Station-Master" /"Boss" (in IAF parlance). Some variations that I have seen are "Hi-Vis" Orange for Ops over the Sea as in the Jag IM sqdns and some where the Capt. of the Presidential Aircraft (a WingCo or Groupie) was in white overalls and peaked cap. But he had just flown the President/ Supreme Comdr. of the Armed Forces!
In older days; standardisation was less, in the family album, I have pictures of a Fleet Air Arm pilot in the 50s in white overalls and white buck-skin shoes! Of course, that was the time when pilots wore leather flying helmets too!