Lastly, the helmet contains radio equipment for communicating with other pilots and with ground control. Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) allow a fighter pilot to fly in the middle of the night.

Whereas fighter pilots once checked a head ... is otherwise more streamlined than previous helmets and integrates features such as night-vision goggles, which once required fixing separate ...

Courtesy Gentex Corp. Until the late 1940s, fighter pilots had little more than cloth or leather helmets and goggles to protect their heads from oil spray or bumps in the cockpit. With the arrival ...

With their steely nerves and cool demeanor, fighter pilots seem born to fly. Yet even the toughest human beings are unequipped to survive, much less thrive, in today's combat airplanes.