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

[Spitfireace]

When did you first join the service?

 

[FtrPlt]

Ya, so you are saying you moved into the jumpsuit era. CWU-27. A one piece coverall type?

Moved into the jumpsuit era? No. The standard Army flying uniform when I went thru flying training was the one-piece, sage-green nomex flight suit (same as the other branches) with the lightweight and cold weather jackets discussed in this thread. The one-piece flight suit had already been in use for several years.

 

[Spitfireace]

with the summer flight jacket over top? Nice. I like it.

 

[FtrPlt]

This is the typical Army flying uniform for the mid-1980s. This is a student at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

 

[Ed Rooney]

Some DAC instructors at Rucker still wear the CWU-27, mostly because a civilian wearing an OCP 2-piece looks kind of funny.

 

[Spitfireace]

We called them Staff. As instructed.

 

[Spitfireace]

Civvy Gym staff.etc.

 

[Spitfireace]

Civvy not earning the right for a military kit no.

 

[Ed Rooney]

At Ft Rucker, the DAC (Dept of the Army Civilian) flight instructors are all retired Army pilots, mostly salty old warrant officers.

 

[Spitfireace]

 

[Spitfireace]

This is the typical Army flying uniform for the mid-1980s. This is a student at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

Is that a sewn on name tag or velcro?

 

[Spitfireace]

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If you look up the proper position of the 2nd Div. patch it is on the left chest as required by General George S. Patton commander of 2nd Div. in 1942.

 

[Ed Rooney]

Is that a sewn on name tag or velcro?

Velcro. Those jackets were issued with the worst hook and loop ever, which usually got replaced by black Velcro from the ALSE shop.

 

[NW Carver]

Thank you for posting and discussing this jacket - I have had one of these since the early 1990s (Lancer Clothing Corp) which I bought from a militaria dealer to use over my flying overalls while ground crewing - and sometimes flying in - the Harvards (T-6 Texans) of the Harvard Formation team based at the Squadron, North Weald, Essex UK backs in the 1991 to 1999 period...

At the time I was told the jacket was US Army and used by their helicopter and tank crews but have never found much information to confirm that - all I knew was that it was a great jacket, that kept me warm and worked well with what I was doing - it’s a bit tired and you can see the stitch marks where there was name tags on here that had been removed and a small stitched repair in the shoulder - all done before I got the jacket....but I will never part with it, have too many memories with it...

 

[NW Carver]

Close up of the label...which I think makes it a 1980s contract...

 

[Spitfireace]

Yup, 1980. I have three Gibraltars. They are Small/Short size. So I think they handled the small contract exclusively, and Lancer handled the medium contract. Probably someone else handled the large contract, not sure who though.

 

[Spitfireace]

I'm still trying to figure out why the right pocket flap is always folded over at the top. All three of my jackets are like that.

 

[Spitfireace]

This is the typical Army flying uniform for the mid-1980s. This is a student at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

You know, when I look at the jacket in the photo closely, it doesn't seem to have flaps on the pockets.

 

[NW Carver]

I'm still trying to figure out why the right pocket flap is always folded over at the top. All three of my jackets are like that.

Yep, it’s weird but all the jackets I have seen from that period seem to have this - as if done intentionally by the people wearing them

 

[Spitfireace]

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.