Here are several photos of IDF pipers in saffron kilts on UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon), circa 1982:

http://www.unifil.ie/51st%20Irishbatt.html

http://www.unifil.ie/60th%20Irishbatt.html

As an old Model UN'er, I must say that the blue beret looks rather good with a saffron kilt.*

*No comments regarding the UN, please.

T.