A-A-55276A
3. SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS
3.1 Description. The fleece sweatpants (see Figures 1, Air Force and Figure 4, Army) shall have a 1-
1/4 inch wide covered elastic waistband with 4 rows of stitching and a concealed drawcord and a
straight cut bar type buttonhole with ends securely tacked on inside of center front of the waistband.
The sweatpants shall have two side pockets, opening shall be 6 (+/- 1/4) inches with a depth of 7 (+/-
1/4) inches. The top and bottom of pocket opening shall be securely tacked. The sweatpants shall
have 1/4 inch wide covered elastic at the cuff of each leg opening. The ARMY sweatpants shall have
lettering "ARMY" (see Figure 3) screen-printed down left leg. The lettering for Class 2 sweatpants
shall be Black and beginning 12-1/2 inches below top of waistband centered between seams (see
Figure 3). The AIR FORCE sweatpants shall have the logo (see Figure 2) printed on the left front
centered and positioned as outlined in Table 1. The screen print shall match Navy blue shade 35048 of
FED- STD-595, for the Class 1.
Table 1 Screen Print Location For Air Force
(below bottom of waistband, inches)
Size
x-Small
Small
Medium
Large
X-large
XX-Large
XXX-Large
Tolerance
Placement
of logo
3
3-1/2
4
4-1/2
5
5-1/2
6
+/- 1/2
3.2 Basic materials. The sweatpant shall be fabricated from Jersey Knit type fleece fabric having 55
(+/- 5) percent cotton with the remaining percentage polyester. The fleece fabric shall weigh 9.0 (+/-
0.5) ounces per square yard when tested in accordance with ASTM-D-3376, and have a minimum of
20 wales per inch and a minimum of 27 courses per inch when tested in accordance with ASTM-D-
3887. The material shall have a minimum bursting strength of 75 pounds when tested in accordance
with ASTM-D-3787 and shall not shrink or elongate more than 10 percent when tested in accordance
with AATCC Method 150 using normal machine cycle. The material shall match the standard sample
for shade (see 7.3).
3.2.1 Matching. The color of the finished cloth shall match the standard sample when viewed under
filtered tungsten lamps that approximate artificial daylight and having a correlated color temperature of
7500 (+/- 200K), with illumination of 100 (+/- 20) foot candles, and shall be a good match to the
standard sample under incandescent lamplight at 2300 (+/- 200K).
3.2.2 Pocketing material. The material for the pocketing may be fleece or Jersey material. When
fleece is used it shall match the basic material. The Jersey material shall have 55 (+/- 5) percent cotton
and the remaining percentage polyester. The material shall weigh 5.5 (+/- 0.5) ounces per square yard,
have a minimum of 30 wales per inch and have a minimum of 45 courses per inch when tested in
accordance with ASTMD-3887. The Jersey material shall have a minimum bursting strength of 75
pounds when tested in accordance with ASTM-D-3787 and shall not shrink or elongate more than 10
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