Nylon Flight · Korean War Era · Z2213
Cockpit USA B-15
Nylon Bomber Jacket · Fur Collar
$14,866.00
The 1950s Air Force jacket that carried jet and bomber pilots through the Korean War, per Cockpit's recreation — flight satin, fiberfill, synthetic fur collar, leather oxygen tabs, and the Wing & Star sleeve patch. Before the MA-1, there was this. Made in the USA.
Fit — See Size Guide
Alpha sizes S–5XL, in 1950s Air Force Blue or Early Air Force Olive. Full measurements in the Size Guide chart.
Nylon Flight · Korean War Era
Cockpit USA B-15
$14,866.00
Before the MA-1.
The B-15 predates the MA-1 in the military's nylon evolution — snap pockets, fur collar, and all.
The details survive.
Leather oxygen tabs, Wing & Star sleeve patch, sleeve pencil pocket — the jet-age details, kept.
Made in America.
1950s Air Force Blue or Early Air Force Olive, alpha sizes S–5XL.
Wing & Star patch and sleeve pocket
Jet-age nylon.
Military-spec flight satin over polyester fiberfill, with a synthetic fur collar the MA-1 would later trade for knit.
The Workshop · Since 1975
The missing link.
Between the leather era and the MA-1 sits the B-15 — snap-close pockets, oxygen tabs, fur collar. Cockpit keeps it in production.
The B-15, beside the aircraft
Fit
Alpha sizes, S–5XL.
Full measurements in the Size Guide chart.
Nylon Flight
Choose your era.
B-15 Nylon
The Korean War era jacket
$14,866.00
You’re looking at it
Before you fly.
B-15 or MA-1?
The B-15 came first — fur collar, snap-close pockets. The MA-1 replaced it with knit trim and a zipper system. Different eras, both authentic.
What are the oxygen tabs?
Leather tabs that routed a pilot's oxygen mask hose — a jet-age detail kept in Cockpit's recreation.
How warm is it?
Polyester fiberfill under flight satin plus the fur collar — a genuine three-season jacket.
What colors?
1950s Air Force Blue or Early Air Force Olive.
Made in USA?
Yes — made in the USA by Cockpit USA.
More nylon flight.
Nylon Flight · The Predecessor
The jacket the MA-1
had to live up to.
Before the MA-1 became the icon, the B-15 was the Air Force's nylon jacket — the one that carried jet and bomber pilots through the Korean War, per Cockpit's recreation of the 1950s pattern. Its configuration marks the era: snap-close side pockets instead of the MA-1's zips, a synthetic fur collar instead of knit, leather oxygen tabs for the mask hose, and the Air Force Wing & Star embroidered on the left sleeve. Flight satin outside, polyester fiberfill inside. In 1950s Air Force Blue or Early Air Force Olive. Made in the USA.
Wing & Star patch, pencil pocket, oxygen tabs
The Material
Nylon, first generation.
Military-spec flight satin over polyester fiberfill — the material shift that retired leather from the flight line, in its earliest configuration.
The fur collar is the tell: the B-15 kept warmth at the neck the old way, before the MA-1's knit collar took over. Two colors, both period: 1950s Air Force Blue and Early Air Force Olive.
Construction
The 1950s pattern, kept honest.
Synthetic fur collar
The pre-MA-1 configuration, kept.
Leather oxygen tabs
Routed the mask hose — the jet-age detail.
Wing & Star patch
Air Force emblem embroidered on the left sleeve.
Snap side pockets
Snap-close side-entry handwarmers — the B-15's signature, pre-zipper.
Sleeve pen pocket + interior chest pocket
Stowage per the pattern.
Wind flap + knit trim
Front zipper behind a wind flap; rib-knit cuffs and waistband.
“Before the MA-1, there was the B-15.”
The US military's nylon jacket evolution · per Cockpit USA
The Workshop · Since 1975
History keeps
its snap pockets.
It would be easy to modernize the B-15 into another MA-1. Cockpit doesn't — the snap pockets, fur collar, and oxygen tabs stay, because they're what make it a B-15.
Cut and sewn in the USA by Cockpit USA.
The Aviator's Flight Kit interior label
The B-15, beside the aircraft
The Details
Era-correct, snap by snap.
Sleeve patch, pencil pocket, oxygen tabs
Inside the B-15 — lining and labels
Fit
Alpha sizes.
S through 5XL.
Full garment measurements are in the Size Guide chart, taken flat. Two colorways: 1950s Air Force Blue and Early Air Force Olive.
Fit — See Size Guide
Open the Size Guide for the full measurement chart before ordering.
Measurements taken with the garment laying flat.
Nylon Flight
Three generations of nylon.
What Customers Say
Questions
Before you fly.
B-15 or MA-1?
The B-15 predates the MA-1 in the military's nylon evolution — it keeps the fur collar and snap-close pockets the MA-1 later replaced with knit trim and zips. Pick your era; both are in the lineup.
What are the leather oxygen tabs?
Tabs that anchored the oxygen mask hose to the jacket during high-altitude flight — a functional detail Cockpit keeps for accuracy.
Which color is more period-correct?
Both, per Cockpit: 1950s Air Force Blue and Early Air Force Olive are each documented period colors.
How warm is it?
Polyester fiberfill plus the fur collar make it a solid three-season jacket — warmer at the neck than the MA-1.
How does the sizing run?
Alpha sizes S–5XL — see the Size Guide chart for flat measurements.
Made in USA?
Yes — made in the USA by Cockpit USA.
