US Military Aviation Flight Helmets Collection The helmet can be considered the simbol of the pilot and togheter the other flight equipments it is one of the interface between Man and the aircraft.The flight helmet provide the pilot vital features as reducing the powerful engine noise to a confortable level and impact protection, its integrated components as comunication, oxygen mask holding capability and sun light/windblast protection visor or google are essential for the pilot survival during the fligh and the combat. Basically the jet age headgear is not only a helmet but a complete system indispensable for he pilots' life. The following original US flight helmets are or have been part of my collection. US Army Air Force AN-H-15 flight helmet with B-8 goggles and A-14 oxygen mask (1947) US Navy H-3 flight helmet with modified B-8 goggles and A-13A oxygen mask (1952) USAF P-1A flight helmet with P-3 visor and A-13A oxygen mask. (1952) US Navy P-1B flight helmet with A-13A oxygen mask. Naval Reserve N.A.S. Minneapolis (1954) US Navy H-5 flight helmet with nuclear flash protective goggles and and A-13A oxygen mask. This rare helmet is the later evolution of the H serie. It was used for a very short time during the middle 50s (1956) US Navy APH-5 (early version) flight helmet with A-13A oxygen mask. (1957) US Navy APH-5 (early version) flight helmet with A-13A oxygen mask. VF-32 Swordmen (1958) US Navy APH-5 (interim version) flight helmet with A-13A oxygen mask. VF-33 Astronauts (1959) US Navy APH-5 (interim version) flight helmet with MS22001 oxygen mask. (1960) US Navy APH-5 (late version) flight helmet with MS22001 oxygen mask. VF-111 Sundowners (1963) US Navy APH-6 flight helmet with USN variant of early MBU-5/P oxygen mask. VF-84 Jolly Rogers (1966) US Navy APH-6A flight helmet with MS22001 oxygen mask. VF-162 Hunters (1967) US Navy APH-6C flight helmet with MS22001 oxygen mask. VF-111 Sundowners (1969) US Navy APH-6A flight helmet with USN variant of MBU-5/P oxygen mask. VF-114 Aardvarks (1970) US Navy APH-6B flight helmet with MS22001 oxygen mask. VF-43 Challengers (1970) US Navy Custom fit APH-6 flight helmet with MS22001 oxygen mask. VX-4 Evaluators (1979) US Navy HGU-34/P flight helmet with MBU-14/P oxygen mask. VF-84 Jolly Rogers (1982) USAF HGU-26/P flight helmet with MBU-5/P oxygen mask. (1982) US Navy HGU-55/P flight helmet with MBU-14/P oxygen mask. VF-41 Black Aces (1992) NASA customized flight helmet based on PRK-37/P shell with double visor and MBU-12/P oxygen mask. (1995) US Navy HGU-68/P flight helmet with MBU-23/P oxygen mask. VAQ-135 Black Ravens (2000)