Antique Cape Buffalo A-2 Leather Jacket is among the most durable jackets we manufacture, ideally suited for your adventures in or out the cockpit. But the antique brown cape buffalo leather is also wonderfully soft and rich looking too, making these jackets very luxurious & refined as well, able to handle your adventures in big city environs or in the rugged outback with equal assurance. B/O sizes, please allow 5 weeks for delivery The Antique Cape Buffalo A-2 Leather Jacket features: 100% Cape Buffalo leather Two front snap-flap cargo pockets with side-entry hand-warmers One piece back Snap-down collar Two interior pockets Brown satiny lining Knit cuffs & waistband Color: Antique Brown Fit: Normal Protect your jacket with our new jacket care products. These products are all natural and hand made in the USA. It will help preserve your new jacket or add years back to your old one. Exposure to the elements and regular wear will dry out and fade your jacket. Replenish your jacket now! The Modern A-2: The A-2 leather flight jacket is an American military flight jacket. Originally invented and developed for the World War II U.S. Army Air Forces pilots. After a brief period of not issuing jackets to pilots, the modern A-2 was developed and issued. It was said that the popular film, “Top Gun” may have influenced the new A-2. The first Air Force A-2 contract was awarded to Avirex, but all subsequent contracts from 1988 to 1998 were awarded to Neil Cooper USA, now U.S. Wings of Ohio. The modern design differs from the original design in several ways. With a looser fit, made from goatskin in seal brown, side entry pockets, and an inside wallet pockets.
