Not all Issued but bloody essential ...
My Crewman - essential. The guy in the LHS was optional and I'd rather have had the extra 200lbs of Avtur most of the time. At night with the window open on NVGs an Arctic Smock was a godsend - worn over the Cold Weather Jacket and under the LCJ and armour. Never formally cleared as flying kit but it was brilliant. Lastly that Hekler & Koch HK 53 strapped snugly by the left shoulder - just in case Slab Murphy and his cohorts got off a lucky shot ... and we ended up in the bogs making a run for it. Wessex Hc2 - 30+ years SHFNI - indestructable - fine girl y'are!