Niki Posted October 16, 2015 Share #1 Posted October 16, 2015 Just received this helmet and i know there are some issues with it like missing com cable etc. But could anyone ID this helmet type? I think the mask is a NAVY MBU-14/P or a MBU-17/P depending the type of communication setup,when i look in the book "jet age flight helmets" i can see that the colors (green/black) on the mask are the same , but the inside remind me of a APH-5 setup The tag on the back sayed Quarter helmet but its hard to read the rest and there was a helmet bag that the spec.label DAVID CLARK CO INC.MFG dated FEB .1969 This helmet came from a lady who lived in Texas thats why i wounder if its a NAVY helmet beqause the oxygen mask but NAVY in Texas? Maybe it is stupid of me not knowing the basses of the NAVY in the U.S. but i'm ready to learn about it. ANYBODY???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted October 16, 2015 Share #2 Posted October 16, 2015 Looks like a USAF HGU-26/P..with a contract date of 1984.....the small bar coded tag is for the Air Force Human Resource Lab...testing for aviators and environments they operate in...generally speaking...which makes this IMO a cool helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawkALSE Posted October 17, 2015 Share #3 Posted October 17, 2015 Mask is just a standard early MBU-12 mask. If it had been setip in a Navy config such as the 14 or 17P it would have had the microphone amplifier block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted October 17, 2015 Share #4 Posted October 17, 2015 and I might be wrong about the contract date...it might be 1964...is it a 64-C or 84-C..thinking must be 1964 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawkALSE Posted October 17, 2015 Share #5 Posted October 17, 2015 Looks like 84 to me. I dont think they used the term quarter shell assembly then and early HGU-2 shells I've seen had the label inside the helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtrPlt Posted October 17, 2015 Share #6 Posted October 17, 2015 Agree on 1984. Probably part of the same batch as this one. Very common for that time period -- custom, poured liners were the norm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlegto Posted October 17, 2015 Share #7 Posted October 17, 2015 Nice helmet Niki! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespicker Posted October 18, 2015 Share #8 Posted October 18, 2015 You have a very nice, 1984 dated helmet and it appears to have come out of Brooks AFB (HUMAN RESOURCES LAB). The mask is the first version of the MBU-12/P and that corresponds with the helmet date. The liner looks very well made. You have a very nice helmet. The HGU-22/P quarter assembly was used to build the HGU-26/P which is what I think your helmet actually is. Very nice example.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niki Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share #9 Posted October 18, 2015 Thanks for the comments but in what for aircraft was it used in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northcoastaero Posted October 18, 2015 Share #10 Posted October 18, 2015 The HGU-26/P helmet has additional snaps on the sides for the nuclear flash protection goggles. Possibly used by B-52 pilots and aircrew. Other possible aircraft could include the F-111/FB-111 and B-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvatwad Posted October 19, 2015 Share #11 Posted October 19, 2015 Coming out of Brooks AFB, though, this may have been used by physiologists in the altitude chamber, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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