Its padding and shape force its wearer's head forward towards the oxygen mask to ensure ... expensive tool a fighter pilot carries. The goggles attach directly to the pilot's helmet and are ...

Early fighter helmets, like this 1950s-era Navy APH-5, were rugged but dumb. Courtesy Gentex Corp. Until the late 1940s, fighter pilots had little more than cloth or leather helmets and goggles to ...

Its padding and shape force its wearer's head forward towards the oxygen mask to ensure ... expensive tool a fighter pilot carries. The goggles attach directly to the pilot's helmet and are ...