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Ref your last photo. I noticed in some earlier posts that ALM's during drops originally were wearing either the Airlite headset with a boom mic or as in your last post G (cloth) helmets and O2 masks.
When did the practice of wearing "hard" helmets come in? Just a curious question as later pics show rear crew wearing Mk 10's. (I've also seen front crew wearing helmets on Red Flag/Afg missions when operating low level and for mounting NVG's which makes sense.)
What's the current SOP? I wouldn't relish the prospect of wearing a bonedome for 6 plus hours, even if the max G during a sortie was only 2.5!
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