Now these are helmets

[B52G8rAC]

I am a Gator and love the Gator script on our helmets. However I did spend 24 years in the Air Force and can say the AFA has done a great thing with these.

 

[CGgater]

That's awesome! And thanks for your service! Recently retired from AD?

 

[SGG]

Those are pretty cool. I like 'em.

 

[Jack o' Diamonds]

Convert that to the gator logo and you have something...

 

[Himey]

Could have added some laser beams but whatever...

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

I usually loathe these new alternate designs, but that's pretty awesome.

 

[Lake Gator]

The fighting Warthogs of the AFA!!! Great helmet, astounding plane.

 

[lrtx1]

I spent a few years in school at the AFA. Got to see quite a few games, it was a good atmosphere. 5th grade at Douglas Valley Elementary on the grounds of the Academy. While technically I didn't attend the AFA I did go to school there.

 

[CGgater]

I usually loathe these new alternate designs, but that's pretty awesome.

I'm with you. For me, it's the historical significance that makes this particular design so awesome.

 

[Lake Gator]

I spent a few years in school at the AFA. Got to see quite a few games, it was a good atmosphere. 5th grade at Douglas Valley Elementary on the grounds of the Academy. While technically I didn't attend the AFA I did go to school there.

And from your avatar it appears you got one of those rad AFA helmets. Is it a replica of Fat Boy?

 

[TN G8tr]

Those look really cool. Put a Gator on that.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrt!

 

[Delg8tor]

I am a Gator and love the Gator script on our helmets. However I did spend 24 years in the Air Force and can say the AFA has done a great thing with these.

That's pretty awesome! Thank you for your service sir. While I have not served myself, I am an 18 year Air Force brat. I too am a fan of the Air Force Academy and like to see them win.

 

[B52G8rAC]

Retired

That's awesome! And thanks for your service! Recently retired from AD?

in '97. Flew B-52s most of my career.

 

[T REX]

Thank you for your service. Can't say that enough. Helmets are pretty sweet.

 

[Zambo]

Apropos that they use the traditional shark mouth of the A-10 while simultaneously trying as hard as they can to cut that awesome plane out of the service.

 

[CGgater]

Apropos that they use the traditional shark mouth of the A-10 while simultaneously trying as hard as they can to cut that awesome plane out of the service.

Yep. Everything I've heard about the A-10 is that it just won't quit. It's low tech, but is so incredibly reliable. I think it was the Desert Storm pilots interviewed who mentioned the A-10 stayed in the air way more than the Apache helicopters. They said the desert sand screwed with the modern aircraft way more than the A-10.

 

[H20Gator]

Years ago, on one of the boards, there was a poster with an aviator helmet painted like a Gators helmet. I believe it was the real deal. Pretty sweet.

 

[AlexDaGator]

Alex.

 

[Gatordiddy]

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrt!

Now I understand what you meant by this... I thought you were speaking Swedish