Fighter jets are pressurized dynamically, so pilots must wear oxygen masks to ensure proper breathing and prevent hypoxia. Helmets worn by fighter pilots serve multiple functions, including ...

Its padding and shape force its wearer's head forward towards the oxygen mask to ensure maximum intake of air. It helps to identify the pilot, whose call sign is stenciled across it. With its ...

Its padding and shape force its wearer's head forward towards the oxygen mask to ensure maximum intake of air. It helps to identify the pilot, whose call sign is stenciled across it. With its ...

dropping oxygen masks until they could figure out the problem. If a plane loses cabin pressure, the pilot has to bring the aircraft to a lower altitude to keep crew and passengers safe.

The pilot told the cabin crew to follow emergency instructions and wear oxygen the masks before announcing that "everything was fine" after checking the systems. The masks remained deployed for ...

Anton King, 75th Fighter Squadron pilot. "If we lose cockpit pressure at altitude, we're already breathing through a sealed oxygen mask. In an ejection, the helmet provides protection while the ...

Klatt Works new SAVED system integrates a head-up display into an oxygen mask, enabling pilots to continue to fly even with a cockpit full of smoke.

Anton King, 75th Fighter Squadron pilot. "If we lose cockpit pressure at altitude, we're already breathing through a sealed oxygen mask. In an ejection, the helmet provides protection while the ...