The U.S. Air Force has selected a prototype for its new helmet for fixed-wing aircrew. LIFT Airborne Technologies will continue with prototype development for the Air Force’s new helmet, the Air Force ...

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 members ...

The Air Force is nearing production of a new helmet for fixed-wing aircraft pilots that promises to ease neck pain and fit more noggins. California-based LIFT Airborne earned the OK to move forward ...

This article originally featured on Task & Purpose. 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 ...

The U.S. Air Force is redesigning its helmet for fixed-wing aircrews for the first time in nearly 40 years. (Courtesy: U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Dana Tourtellotte) The U.S. Air Force says its ...

For decades, pilots in the U.S. Air Force were forced to sport drab uniform grey flying helmets while lusting after the customization offered to their Navy counterparts. But in 2019, in a bid to up ...

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Farnsworth of the 419th Operations Support Squadron adjusts an F-35 helmet during optical fit training at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, on July 10, 2021. Each helmet is ...

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (WKRG) — Pilots and engineers at Eglin Air Force Base are some of the first to try out the LIFT-manufactured helmet Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet. The new helmet is set ...

Air Force fans are used to a lot of grey. Grey jets, grey helmets, and sometimes grey skies overhead as the jets blast off down the runway. That’s why when the branch posted photos on Facebook of ...

Each year, both the Navy Midshipmen and the Army West Point Black Knights go to great lengths to put together creative ...

The U.S. Air Force has picked California-based LIFT Airborne Technologies‘ AV 2.2 helmet to serve as the Next Generation Fixed Wing helmet. LIFT Technologies’ offering was competing in the prototype ...