Air Force A-2
Air Force A-2
The Type A-2 jacket is the most famous military flight jacket ever made. The Army Air Corps issued it from 1931 to the end of World War II. Thousands of courageous young Americans fought in the skies of Europe and the Pacific, proudly wearing their A-2 jackets.
As a testament to its extraordinary design, the A-2 was popular among all ranks as well as with non-aviators, too. General Claire Chennault wore his as the Flying Tigers dominated the air war in Burma and China. Colonel Jimmy Doolittle wore his when he took off from Hornet to raid Tokyo. General Douglas MacArthur, though not an aviator, wore his when the 8th Army stormed ashore at Inchon.
