a customized Navy Gentex HGU-33 with the telltale ‘Maverick’ splashed across the brow, wasn’t just a helmet: as The War Zone points out, Cruise and other Top Gun actors wore their gear while ...
is the first helmet-mounted sight system introduced for use with an operational fighter, the U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom II. Developed by the Honeywell Co. and adopted in March 1972, the system provides an ...