USAF Pilot Survival Vest: Part 1

A tour of one version of an actual and current USAF Pilot Survival vest by Nutnfancy. In this four part series I go over the non-classified items in the vest and impart a little philosophy as I go. The vest itself is made by Ultimate Survival Technologies (Air Ace™ Survival Vest with SnapTrack™ ) and is an outstanding, functional design. It has numerous pouches that can be configured in a variety of secured locations. Note that each item is also 'baggied' for moisture resistance and tethered to the vest for security. Strong points of this particular vest are its signaling and communication capabilities. This vest shows a basic loadout which is often supplemented by GPS units pre-loaded for theater, extra ammo, cold weather supplies, and other items. Several improvements to this vest could include: a medium sized fixed blade survival knife (like the KaBar Utility Knife, the Ontario RAT-7, or Fallkniven A1), better flashlight (like Streamlight TL-2 or Scorpion LED), better multi-tool (like Leatherman Charge), better water storage devices, inclusion of Trioxane fire starter, double mag pouch for M9 pistol, CamelBak system, and an emphasis on lightening the overall carry weight. However upgrading the items in a USAF vest like this is often limited by scarce command/unit funding and the military supply system (NSN) that often excludes the best and most suitable gear.

NOTE: Apologies for the low quality of this video. New camera with new settings, didn't turn out so well but I just can re-do the whole series: way too much work and not enough time!

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Science & Technology

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• pilot
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• survival
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• prc90
• rescue
• radio
• signal
• mirror

[spikesonthebrain]

Haha funny how he is so secretive about sharing how he got ahold of the vest... He just retired and admitted he was a KC135 Tanker Pilot for the last 20 years.

[nutnfancy]

@spikesonthebrain LOL we were surprised that nobody call us out on that! :D -- Veri

[ironian]

I couldn't finish this video. 10 minutes of mostly talking can get pretty dragging. You might want to re-edit a shorter version for this.

[nutnfancy]

@ironian Your one video has less than 200 views in 5 years...thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge. -- Veri (Nutn's sister)

[gnarkillkicksass]

@nutnfancy Haha, it's not like you get a dollar per view.

[nutnfancy]

@gnarkillkicksass We don't even average a brain cell per view...as evidenced by your response. -- Veri (Nutn's sister)

[HunterRyngo]

@nutnfancy Nutn said a lot of info about his job in the past years, so if you had the ears to hear it the AirForce background wasn't a surprise. (in a vid we can see his family name too... ;) )

-hunter

[mcmikeblues]

@armedtetrapod sry. I thought it just came out. like you I too could not find it. thought it was new cuz Ive never seen it

[mcmikeblues]

@armedtetrapod it just came out lol

[133j0hn]

@nutnfancy

ZING! I love your one-liners lolol.

[armedtetrapod]

I never saw this vid on the channel even going down to the beginning... Glad I found it!

[Sixguns4fighting]

Did they really use polyester? That stuff will melt in a fire and stick to skin. Back in my navy days, they did not allow the officers and chiefs to wear their polyester khaki uniforms on ship. The polyester uniforms could only be used for shore duty.

[Sixguns4fighting]

How about a review of the US Air Force Survival Knife? I remember alot of soldiers carrying them in Iraq and Afghanistan. Small enough to carry on the TA-50, big enough to do some real damage in a fight. Good steel (1095), yet cheap enough at $25 at the PX so that it can be replaced if lost or destroyed.