Through a blend of military heritage and contemporary styling, our Quilted MA-1 Flight Jacket tackles the great outdoors head-on while keeping you warm, dry, and comfortable. This bomber jacket features a 100% nylon water-repellent outer shell that’ll protect you from light rain and snow. This statement piece seamlessly blends tradition and modernness, ensuring you look and feel your best wherever you go. Insulating Protection: These quilted aviator jackets come equipped with an extremely warm poly fiberfill that keeps the cold out while retaining internal body heat. The soft ribbed knit fabric collar, cuffs, and waistband provide additional heat retention and insulation. Combat the Cold: These puffer bomber jackets feature a comfort fit design with extra full cut for a perfect fit; there room underneath for a few more layers, giving you the freedom to further regulate your body temperature. Convenient Storage Pockets: Our ruggedly durable puffer flight jackets offer tons of storage options with two front slash pockets and two internal welt pockets. What a bomber jacket without its zippered utility sleeve pocket!? Along with exterior pen holders, this useful pocket is great for storing loose or small items. Legendary MA-1 Silhouette: In keeping with tradition, this modernized twist in style still retains iconic MA-1 features. Inside you’ll find a fully reversible orange polyester lining that similar to the original fighter pilot design. The zippered front closure with double ‘MA-1’ pull tabs, storm flap, brass zippers, and leather pull tab pays homage to the jacket heritage, functionality, and style. The USAF MA-1 Flight Jacket is a classic USAF nylon flight jacket. Next to the A-2, the USAF MA-1 Flight jacket is perhaps the most iconic flight jacket issued by the U.S. Air Force. This classic was introduced in the 1950s, and is the quintessential nylon flyer’s jacket because it is lightweight, warm and exceptionally functional. Its style and versatility also made it the first military flight jacket to make the leap into civilian fashion. Even if you are not a pilot, you will find the MA-1 to be one of the best all-purpose jackets you can own. This popular jacket protected our pilots for decades, in the air and on the ground! Made by Alpha. Import. The USAF MA-1 Flight Jacket features: Nylon outer shell 4 snap close pockets 2 outside pockets 2 inside pockets Knit cuffs, collar and waistband Zippered combination utility/pen pocket on left sleeve Reversible, high visibility orange lining Color: Green Fit: Normal The The MA-1 History The MA-1 became the flight jacket of US Air Force and Navy pilots and ground crew in the 1950s. However, it discarded attributes of its predecessor, the B-15, because of interference or change in equipment of pilots. The jacket is reversible, giving it high visibility due to the Indian Orange Lining that was added in 1960. Because the jacket became so popular, the MA-1 is produced for the civilian population in sage-green and black. The jacket has evolved but is still the universal jacket in anyone’s wardrobe.
