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| The flight jacket, or bomber jacket is a garment originally created for pilots, which eventually became popular. These styles include MA-1, CWU-45P, CWU-36P, A-2 Jacket, G-1, B2 Bomber and more. |
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Today, flight jackets are usually associated with the MA-1, a U.S. military jacket, which is mostly found in sage green or black. It is made with flight silk nylon and usually has an blaze orange lining, with the specification tag in the pocket, though earlier models had a sage green lining and the specification tag on the neck area. It has two slanted flap pockets on the front, two inner pockets, and a zipped pocket with pen holders on the left sleeve. The lighter weight version of the MA-1 is known as the L-2B flight jacket, which in turn, replaced both the original L2 and L2A jackets, which all three differentiate from the MA-1 as they have snap-down epaulets and no inside pockets. The military flight jackets currently used today are the CWU-45P. The CWY-45P is made for colder weather and the CWU-36P is for warm weather, both are made from Nomex. Nomex is a protective material |
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