Original flight jacket question

[Calderoni]

Hallo guys,

this is my first post and i wanted to know from you guys if you could help me. I'm an aviation fan and i wanted to start collecting original Nonmex JAcket really used in air force or Navy. Could you tell me what's the real manifacturer/ brand that produces this jackets? I heard about nomex but looking on ebay about CWU-36 i found many different brands like Isratex, Creative apparel Assoc, Alpha Industries, Gibraltar INC, Valley apparel LLC... Which is the real brand really used by the USAF or Navy crew?
I first bought a Valley apparel jacket size Large and it was very short for me even if the sleeves were ok. i'm 192 cm (i live in Rome) and i usually usexl - 2xl for the normal jacket. What should i look for? The fit smaller right?
What's the difference between CWU 36 and CWU 45?
Many thanks for your kind help; i really appreciate it

Cal

 

[Monsoon]

CWU 36 is a summer jacket, the 45 is a winter weight jacket.

When it comes to brands, I don't think any branch had one brand that was exclusive. The CWU stuff came out to be issued to all branches. Both of mine were made by Isratex.

 

[watchmanjimg]

All of the brands you mentioned were/are government contractors, so jackets by any of them would have been issued.

 

[Calderoni]

Which brand you guys suggest in term of quality?

 

[Rutger]

I got a few, and don't notice any difference in quality; I hardly ever wear them though, too many to choose from.

Measurements vary considerably, the later date jackets appear bigger than early production. I got a Propper L that's easily an XL, you might want to try a very recent Propper, or maybe go for an XL. I also got two in L that are so close to Medium that they are unwearable to me. Take measurements of your current jackets, ask measurements from sellers, and hope all are measuring the same way.