the front of their wedge caps showing . Air force members of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command wear a tan flash in the front of their wedge caps. Prior to Unification in 1968, the Royal Canadian Air Force wore uniforms similar to those worn by the Royal Air Force, including a blue wedge cap. After 1968, the uniforms of the three services were replaced by a universal rifle-green uniform; the air force, however, was permitted to retain the wedge cap, although in rifle green instead of blue. With the advent of the Distinct Environmental Uniform, the blue wedge cap returned. The wedge cap is also the official headdress of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association and the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. Italy In the Italian language, the side cap is called . It was adopted by the Royal Italian Army in the 1920s, and by the 1930s it was the main cap used by personnel belonging to the Royal Italian Army, the Regia Aeronautica (air force) and the Blackshirts. It remained in use until well after World War II. France The French (or "") had originated as a long, pointed headdress, with a tassel at the end of the trailing crown (or ). Gradually the grew shorter until by the mid-nineteenth century the had become a true folding cap with no trailing crown. Instead the tassel dangled from a short cord sewn onto front point of the crown, hanging above the soldier's right eye. This style of headdress with a hanging tassel was widely worn by both the Belgian Army and the Spanish Army during the first half of the 20th century. It is still used by the Spanish Foreign Legion. When reintroduced for undress or fatigue wear in 1891 the French army's had become a plain item of dress without decoration. The colour of this working cap matched that of the tunic with which it was worn (either dark blue, light blue or black prior to World War I; horizon blue from 1915 to 1930; and thereafter khaki). In 1915 the "bonnet de police" generally replaced the kepi for other ranks during the remainder of the First World War, because of its greater convenience when the "Adrian" steel helmet was issued. Between 1944 and 1962 however this headdress was worn by most branches of the French Army in a wide variety of colours, which normally matched those of the