Bird Strike Risk Mitigation
As an aside to this thread, with its excellent pictures of various ac in LFA7 I was curious to know if RAF C-130 crew dispensed with their normal headsets and wore helmets with visors when operating at low level?
I've seen Swedish AF and USAF Albert crews wearing helmets but not RAF when flying tactically, presumably when using NVG's but another benefit must be to mitigate the risk of being injured by a bird coming through the windshield.
MB