Surprise with the US Air Force Reserve Pipe Band Tartan

[mookien]

Actually, in terms of color blocks, stripes, and proportions, the Strathmore Air Force tartan is absolutely identical to the US 2001 Air Force tartan, with the sole exception that the green stripe is gold in the Strathmore tartan.

That is correct (as far as I can tell, anyway)

The US Air Force Reserve Pipe Band tartan is actually quite different from the Strathmore tartan.

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Also true, though my comment was directed at the Lady Jane tartan, not the " ... Pipe Band" tartan. The Lady Jane also appears to be identical to the US 2001 Air Force tartan with only one exception. The "space" between the double dark blue stripes is larger - 30 threads vs. 14 threads, assuming I am now reading the threadcounts correctly (a tenuous assumption indeed).

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As I said, it's a mystery. Was it recorded wrong, or is it being woven wrong?

According to the STA, the Lady Jane tartan goes back to 1988. Also, it is "One of a series of US Military tartans woven exclusively by the Strathmore Woollen Company of Forfar ...". Since that predates the SRT, it suggests the possibility that it was recorded wrong. I suspect only Strathmore knows, and they're not talking - at least not on this post. ;-)