MA1 Flying Jacket 1950's Style

1950's pattern MA-1 flight jacket, made in the USA.

Early model of the MA-1 flying jacket with the tab on the front and the USAF badge printed on the sleeve.

This early version of the MA-1 differs from the later and modern MA-1's by having a different zipper and it has tabs below the arm pits on the front for headset and microphone wires.

MA-1 Flight jacket features:

• Green nylon outer and inner.
• Padded insulated liner.
• Two hand pockets on the outside with press stud closure.
• Two hand pockets on the inside with press stud closure.
• Nylon webbing tab on the chest to clip the oxygen tube to.
• Tab with press stud closure under each arm at the front to tidy wires from the headset and microphone.
• Chunky metal zipper with early zip pull (similar to M65 and fishtail parkas).
• Elasticated collar, cuffs and waist band.
• Small zip closed pocket with pen slots on the upper left arm.
• USAF badge printed above the sleeve pocket.
• Made in the USA by Greenbrier Ind.

The first version of the MA-1 flying jacket replaced the B15 flying jacket. Later versions of the MA1 dropped a few of the features of the first model as technology advanced. like the front tab for the oxygen mask to be clipped onto when not in use was removed as the design of the masks changed. Also later models where made reversible with an orange emergency liner, which was to become the iconic MA1.