cagedfalcon Posted November 30, 2021 Share #1 Posted November 30, 2021 I won this on a online auction this past weekend. Green helmets are for maintanence,, also catapult & arresting gear. Helmet is dated July 1987. Goggles are 1974, still using the same molds? Only real issue is that foam around goggles & inside hearing protection is or has failed & falling apart. What would PA5-120-10 refer to? And good luck finding the user J.B. Thanks for looking Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted December 20, 2021 Share #2 Posted December 20, 2021 Very nice helmet. The code numbers represent a Pacific Fleet squadron (PA5) and 120 is the Airframe shop of this squadron. The “10” represents the 10th helmet in the Airframe shop assigned to some AirFramer named “ JB “. Most likely an F/A-18 squadron. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cagedfalcon Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted December 20, 2021 1 hour ago, hink441 said: Very nice helmet. The code numbers represent a Pacific Fleet squadron (PA5) and 120 is the Airframe shop of this squadron. The “10” represents the 10th helmet in the Airframe shop assigned to some AirFramer named “ JB “. Most likely an F/A-18 squadron. Chris Chris, Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joefriday22 Posted December 22, 2021 Share #4 Posted December 22, 2021 That is a cool one and I think the initials are "JWB". Looks like a "W" snuck in the middle to me. Best, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cagedfalcon Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted December 22, 2021 2 hours ago, joefriday22 said: That is a cool one and I think the initials are "JWB". Looks like a "W" snuck in the middle to me. Best, Rob I did see that but it just didn't register with me. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 23, 2021 Share #6 Posted December 23, 2021 I’m trying to remember what 4-M was. Was that a Maintenance QA checker? It’s been almost 50 years since I worked on a flight deck, those days are sort of “Hazy “ shall we say. Somewhere, I have the box that the last set of goggles I got for my flight deck helmet. I used it for storage of stuff in my locker and as a hard surface to stencile my clothes on Has my name all over it, layer after layer of stencil ink. If I only knew back then. As a side note, it was also common to have two sets of goggles on your helmet. One with clear lenses and one with tinted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cagedfalcon Posted December 23, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted December 23, 2021 I seem to be on a roll as far picking up USN helmets, this one & a WW2 talker setup posted in groups. Thanks for all of the comments & observations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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