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The Great Flight Jacket Thread (wearing/buying Leather, NOMEX, WEP jackets/patches)
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Blutonski816
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Fly Navy said:
*shudders* Uggghhh...
I can feel the horrible itchiness even now...
Thanx ea6bflyr
Thanx for showing pics of your flight jackets! The real stuff!
Is this a NFO thing or do Naval Aviators do this as well?
As these NOMEX jackets are green for a reason, what are you supposed to do when you're ejected over hostile territory with all the colourfull sewn-on patches on your jacket. That's why the Air Force become major shareholder of the VELCRO company..haha! Are these jackets allowed by the Navy on actual combat missions or not? (I know about "technically-allowed" only wearing nametag an sqn patches).
Are there are more pics of "Winnebago's" out there...????
Please keep them posted!!!
Thanx for showing pics of your flight jackets! The real stuff!
Is this a NFO thing or do Naval Aviators do this as well?
As these NOMEX jackets are green for a reason, what are you supposed to do when you're ejected over hostile territory with all the colourfull sewn-on patches on your jacket. That's why the Air Force become major shareholder of the VELCRO company..haha! Are these jackets allowed by the Navy on actual combat missions or not? (I know about "technically-allowed" only wearing nametag an sqn patches).
Are there are more pics of "Winnebago's" out there...????
Please keep them posted!!!
Patches are a universal Aviator thing --- i.e., anyone participating in Aviation. Naval Aviators, NFO's, Aircrew, etc.,etc.
You don't wear your Nomex jacket on a combat hop --- unless we start going after Eskimos or Laplanders --- and then if you go down, it won't matter anyway because you will freeze and die long before the Eskimos come over to rub your nose.
Suggestion: keep your leather jacket relatively pristine and "virgin" and load up the Nomex's with patches ..... years from now you will be glad you did it that way.
You don't wear your Nomex jacket on a combat hop --- unless we start going after Eskimos or Laplanders --- and then if you go down, it won't matter anyway because you will freeze and die long before the Eskimos come over to rub your nose.
Suggestion: keep your leather jacket relatively pristine and "virgin" and load up the Nomex's with patches ..... years from now you will be glad you did it that way.
All aviators SANITIZE before getting green ink in the Flight Log. If it's that danged cold, you'll probably be wearing long-johns, or worse yet a DRY SUIT. You normally get two green Nomex flight jackets (Winter and Summer). I concur with A4, keep your Leather one in good shape with minimal patches. You can dress up your summer jacket and use your winter one for those combat hops.
ea6bflyr
ea6bflyr
Leather jackets only for USN Air Crews?
Is the leather flight jacket only avail/allowed for Flight Crews, or are they also avail for other officers? Sometimes I see USN officers wearing one but don't see any wings on their chest. Does that mean that they are non-Flight Crew or haven't they just bothered to sew them on. Is it prestige to wear the wings once earned, or just keeping the jacket prestine?
Haven't looked at their shoes which colour they were...
Is the leather flight jacket only avail/allowed for Flight Crews, or are they also avail for other officers? Sometimes I see USN officers wearing one but don't see any wings on their chest. Does that mean that they are non-Flight Crew or haven't they just bothered to sew them on. Is it prestige to wear the wings once earned, or just keeping the jacket prestine?
Haven't looked at their shoes which colour they were...
nittany03 said:
No USN SNA's in The Netherlands...not anymore though as the GOVERNMENT sold our P-3C's to the GERMAN and Potugese Armed Forces.
I understand the Leather Flight Jacket is a Naval Aviation-thing and not a Navy thing. SWO's don't have the need for leathers, I guess. I know Officer- paratroopers in WWII got also the A-2 leather flight jacket, just like the USAAF pilots, that's why I thought it was a service thing.
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I would assume they just didn't bother to sew them on. Supposedly in the past, the leather jacket became a bargaining tool for many a drug deal, but now they keep a ridiculously tight lid on issuing them. Aviators/Aircrew only. Heck, I'm an SNA and I've been waiting over a year for mine right now. I think the supply folks down at Pensacola just like to screw with people . . .:icon_rage
I would assume you could wear a cloth nametag if you wanted to, but as I said before, why would you want to put something on it that's going to wear out and look nasty? Lots of people don't even put a nametag/squadron patch on their jacket to avoid filling it full of holes.
I would assume you could wear a cloth nametag if you wanted to, but as I said before, why would you want to put something on it that's going to wear out and look nasty? Lots of people don't even put a nametag/squadron patch on their jacket to avoid filling it full of holes.
Most guys in my experience put at least a leather name tag w/wings on the leather jacket and an American flag on the shoulder --- later I found that a good idea was to do the name tag with a firm velcro backing as I got promoted --- made it easier on the PR's and the jacket.nkawtg said:
Non-Aviators sporting the USN G-1 flight jacket usually means they have a good comshaw artist supply officer or chief.