Fighter pilots use a variety of tools to avoid missiles. These include evasion maneuvers, radar jammers, flares and shrapnel ...

After climbing to 1,000 feet, the pilot’s night vision goggles detached from his helmet. As he attempted to stow them, the goggle case rolled off his lap. Reaching for it caused the helicopter ...

SOCOM wants a helmet mount that will work across various aviator helmets with "various night vision goggle systems," including the AN/AVS-6 and Wide Field of View Aviation Goggles.

Raptor pilots are now testing a new type of flight helmet. The U.S. Air Force is finally testing a new helmet design for fixed wing pilots, developed around pilots’ needs and feedback from using ...

It says that while on the way back to Albert Ellis, the helicopter was on auto-pilot at around 1,000 feet when the pilot’s night vision goggles came off his helmet.

On board were the pilot, a flight nurse, and a paramedic — all of whom suffered serious injuries. After climbing to 1,000 feet, the pilot’s night vision goggles detached from his helmet.

The Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet was designed to better fit the increasing number of female pilots. A U.S. Air Force study in 2020 found that women pilots needed smaller-sized helmets than ...

Then there was the impact of the helicopter’s wreckage with the water after falling roughly 300 feet. Either event could have torn the aircrew’s goggles from their helmets, or knocked their ...

The American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, was minutes away from landing at Reagan Airport near Washington on Wednesday night just before 9 p.m. ET when it collided with the helicopter.