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Army OG-106 Jacket, Cold Weather (High Temperature) are not (and never were) "CVC/Tanker" jackets

NW Carver

Active Member
Correction. I just looked at my NOS Gibraltar still in the issue bag, and it does not have the folded over right pocket flap. So ya, I think you are right, it's done by the wearer. Why is a mystery.
yep, definitely a mystery there - I wonder if it relates to what the person is operating in when they are wearing the jacket - and if the edge of the flap on one side was getting in the way of some part of the machinery or a control....For example, maybe in a tight cockpit or the confines of a tank turret where space is at a premium...
 

Spitfireace

Well-Known Member
It would be great to find out yes. Once you find out it will make a valuable contribution to the jacket collecting community. We have a wealth of knowledge here.
 

FtrPlt

Active Member
I was issued these and don't remember anything about the flap being folded as a matter of practice.
I've never seen anything to suggest folded-over pocket flap corners were some type of trendy thing -- at least not on the aviation side. There would need to be a sizable sampling and/or photos showing them before I would be comfortable saying it was some type of functional modification.
 
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nuthapat

New Member
I'm looking to buy, does anyone have one for sale or where can I buy a shirt like this?
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FtrPlt

Active Member
Some additional photos showing the early style of pocket openings on both the lightweight and cold weather Army flying jackets. The cold weather jacket shown predates the dual-use version with the slit opening. At this point, these jackets were still aviation-only. Also attached is the early version of the lightweight jacket. Note the slit-type pockets with velcro within the opening. Later jackets had flaps. The later jackets also adopted the black velcro-on nametags. The badging configuration shown is correct for when these jackets were issued
 

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Deuce Drvr

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These jackets are an absolute classic and remember when they were abundant on the surplus market but I didn't buy at that time. I’ve made up for it now and have a few in my collection so wanted to share a few pics of the more interesting ones.

They are a the light weight flight jacket (which has an interesting flight test patch) the previous owner had completed two tours in Vietnam from the research I did

The second is cold weather flight jacket that belonged to a full col who had been promoted as I found the LT col flashes in the shoulder pocket

Third is a true tanker issued jacket again seems to of seen minimal use
 

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Deuce Drvr

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These jackets are an absolute classic and remember when they were abundant on the surface plus market but I didn't buy at that time. I’ve made up for it now and have a few in my collection so wanted to share a few pics of the more interesting ones.

They are a the light weight flight jacket (which has an interesting flight test patch) the previous owner had completed two tours in Vietnam from the research I did

The second is cold weather flight jacket that belonged to a full col who had been promoted as I found the LT col flashes in the shoulder pocket

Third is a true tanker issued jacket again seems to of seen minimal use
 

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