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Helmet, Flying, Type HGU-55/P, United States Air Force

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Aviation Week

USAF Begins Search For Fighter Helmet Replacement

Credit: HGU-55/P fighter helmet: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum The U.S. Air Force has started searching for ideas to improve the HGU-55/P helmet worn by F-15, F-16 and F-22 fighter pilots.
Task & Purpose

This might replace the hot, uncomfortable helmet Air Force pilots have worn since the 1980s

Pilots of fixed-wing Air Force aircraft have been wearing the same helmet for nearly 40 years, but that could soon change with a new brain bucket that’s lighter, more comfortable, more adaptable and ...
WKRG

Eglin Air Force Base pilots testing next-gen helmets

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 ...