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New jacket from AVI LEATHER: A-2A
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Hi, Morten from AVI LEATHER here. We are currently working on a new jacket called A-2A. The concept of this jacket is how we would...
Mar 14, 2024
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Saddlery vs Cooper Ramblings
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I suspect the ‘flame retardent finish’ probably was a theory to explain the finish differences between some jackets. My first issued...
Feb 9, 2024
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Saddlery vs Cooper Ramblings
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General Flight Jacket Discussion
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Curious if anyone knows (or even pondered) why USAF contract A-2s have Cooper on the spec tag but Saddlery labels while the USN G-1s are...
Feb 9, 2024
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How modern A-2s where reinstated by the USAF
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Not sure where you get that from, but during my time (it has been over 20 years since I was issued my first AF A-2....) the A-2 was...
Feb 4, 2024
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Modern issue A-2: the new collector item?
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I agree that any issued items will be collected in the future, regardless of how poorly constructed or designed. That’s the nature of...
Feb 3, 2024
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Modern issue A-2: the new collector item?
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I disagree. Look at the WWII vintage jackets. It took almost half a century for their prices to start to climb to astronomical levels...
Feb 3, 2024
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Cooper A2 mfg date?
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Early jacket with purple knits (same knits on 1988 contract Saddlery A-2s)
Jan 28, 2024
FtrPlt
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Cooper A2 mfg date?
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Post-1988 orange tag label
Jan 28, 2024
FtrPlt
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Cooper A2 mfg date?
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Early/original orange tag label — ~pre-1988
Jan 28, 2024
FtrPlt
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Cooper A2 mfg date?
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Here’s something I posted years ago at another site: Most here are probably familiar with the fact that, in 1988, USAF began to reissue...
Jan 28, 2024
FtrPlt
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Cooper A2 mfg date?
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Gents, The CSN numbers on the Cooper jackets are not indicative of year of manufacture — ie “01” in the CSN is not the same as NSN I...
Jan 28, 2024
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