After several years of searching, the Air Force announced on Saturday that it had selected a company to proceed with prototype development for a new flight helmet that could become standard issue ...

Most people update their wardrobe every once in a while, and after 40 years, the Air Force is looking to do the same with one of the most important pieces in its catalog: the helmet aircrew ...

The U.S. Air Force has picked ... an aircrew flight equipment program analyst with the ACC plans and requirements branch, said in the AFMC statement. “The legacy helmet was not originally ...

The U.S. Air Force is redesigning its ... ACC Plans and Requirements branch aircrew flight equipment program analyst, said in a statement. “The legacy helmet was not originally designed to ...

The helmet also fits female pilots more readily. The new design is called the Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet. Five F-22A Raptor pilots from the 301st Fighter Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base in ...

Raptor pilots are now testing a new type of flight helmet. The U.S. Air Force is finally testing a new helmet design for fixed wing pilots, developed around pilots’ needs and feedback from using ...

The US Air Force second lieutenant went on to compete ... Miss Colorado Madison Marsh, a second lieutenant in the Air Force, traded her flight helmet for a tiara after she won the Miss America ...

Another service branch, the Air Force Falcons, has a helmet up for the award, as well. Other schools among the finalists are ...